Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) City of Waukesha Water Utility


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.
CITY OF WAUKESHA WATER UTILITY
PROJECT NAME Great Lakes Water Supply Project
LOCATION: Waukesha, Wl
INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $116 million
POPULATION SERVED BY THE PROJECT: 72,400
PROJECT TYPE: Wastewater arid Drinking Water
PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Great Lakes Water Supply Project will transition Waukesha's water
supply from depleting, radium contaminated groundwater to Lake Michigan water. The project will
obtain Lake Michigan water from the Milwaukee Water Works and then return treated wastewater to
Lake Michigan. The project includes: (1) a water supply connection, (2) a 15.2 million gallons per day
(MGD) water supply pumping station, (3) a 13.5 mile, 30-inch water supply pipeline, (4) two 10 million
gallon reservoirs, (5) a 15.75 MGD booster pumping station, (6) chemical feed, (7) a distribution system
connection, (8) improvements to the Utility's existing distribution system, (9) a 12 MGD return flow
pumping station, (10) a 23.5 mile, 30 inch return flow pipeline, and (11) return flow facilities at Root
River. The purpose of this project is to fully comply with state drinking water standards for radionuclide
by September 1, 2023.
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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