WIFIA

The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)
program accelerates investment in our nation's water
infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental
PROGRAM	loans for regionally and nationally significant projects.

SADDLE CREEK COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW RETENTION
TREATMENT BASIN

PROSPECTIVE BORROWER: City of Omaha
LOCATION: Omaha, Nebraska

TOTAL PROJECT COSTS: $113 million
REQUESTED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $55 million
POPULATION SERVED BY SYSTEM 600,000 people
PROJECT TYPE: Combined Sewer Overflow

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The City of Omaha will construct a new retention treatment basin to address combined sewer overflows
in the Saddle Creek Basin as required by the city's consent decree, Clean Water Act permit, and long
term control plan. This project will address water quality concerns in Papillion Creek and the Missouri
River by removing 1.2 billion gallons of combined sewage discharged into the Little Papillion Creek, and
removing floatables and other solids from combined sewer overflows.

FY 2017 SELECTION ROUND

NUMBER OF PROJECTS SELECTED: 12

TOTAL LOAN AMOUNT: $2.3 billion to ¦	®	¦ ¦

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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.

United States
Environmental Protection
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WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia
EMAIL: wifia@EPA.gov

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