The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)
program accelerates investment in our nation's water
infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental
loans for regionally and nationally significant projects.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY
PROJECT NAME: Wastewater Treatment Plant Electrical Distribution Building Upgrade
LOCATION: Miami, FL
INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $343 million
POPULATION SERVED BY THE PROJECT: 2,300,000
PROJECT TYPE Wastewater
PROJECT DESCRIPTION : The Wastewater Treatment Plant Electrical Distribution Building Upgrade will
design and construct five new electrical distribution buildings across Miami Dade County's three
wastewater treatment plants. Four of the new electrical distribution buildings are part of the Ocean
Outfall Legislation Program to reduce nutrient discharges by 2018, eliminate the use of ocean outfalls by
2025, and reuse 60 percent of wastewater flows by 2025. The purpose of the project is to construct new
electrical facilities that enable the wastewater treatment plants to operate continuously during storm
events and minimize the risk of potential untreated wastewater discharges.
FY 2018 SELECTION ROUND
NUMBER OF PROJECTS SELECTED: 39
TOTAL LOAN AMOUNT: $5 billion to
public and private entities
TOTAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT SUPPORTED:
Over $10 billion
NUMBER OF PEOPLE IMPACTED:
22 million in 16 states and Washington, D.C.
Selected borrowers must apply for a WIFIA loan, pass a final creditworthiness assessment, negotiate a
mutually agreeable term sheet, and execute a credit agreement to receive WIFIA financing. An invitation
to apply indicates that EPA believes the selected projects will be able to attain WIFIA loans.
WIFIA
PROGRAM
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia
EMAIL: wifia@EPA.gov

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