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 ¦ ® ¦ ¦ public and private entities h 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 # % Agency WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia EMAIL: wifia@EPA.gov ------- |