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 OCEAN OUTFALL REDUCTION AND RESILIENCY
ENHANCEMENT PROJECT

PROSPECTIVE BORROWER: Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department
LOCATION: Miami, Florida

TOTAL PROJECT COSTS: $160 million
REQUESTED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT: $79 million
POPULATION SERVED BY SYSTEM: 2.3 million people
PROJECT TYPE: Wastewater treatment plant

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department will construct fourteen new injection wells at three
wastewater treatment plants to be used for effluent discharges. The effluent will be redirected from
existing ocean outfalls to the newly constructed wells. At the completion of this project, Miami-Dade
County will eliminate routine ocean discharges and comply with the State of Florida's ocean outfall
legislation. In addition, the project will increase availability of reclaimed water for potential reuse,
reduce sanitary sewer overflows, increase capacity for the management of peak wet weather flows,
reduce nutrient concentrations, and improve system resiliency.

FY 2017 SELECTION ROUND

NUMBER OF PROJECTS SELECTED: 12

TOTAL LOAN AMOUNT: $2.3 billion to
public and private entities

TOTAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT SUPPORTED: $5.1 billion

NUMBER OF PEOPLE IMPACTED:

20 million in 9 states

Selected projects must submit an application for a WIFIA loan, pass a creditworthiness assessment,
negotiate a mutually agreeable term sheet, and execute a credit agreement to receive WIFIA funding.
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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