WIFIA

PROGRAM

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.

ROGUE VALLEY WATER SUPPLY RESILIENCY PROGRAM

BORROWER: Medford Water Commission
LOCATION: Medford, Oregon

WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT: $96,788,310
Loan 1 amount: $27,381,175
Loan 2 amount: $69,407,135

TOTAL WIFIA PROJECT COSTS: $197,527,164
POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 140,000 people
NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED: 628 jobs

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Medford Water Commission's Rogue Valley Water Supply Resiliency Program will provide a
safer, more resilient water supply system to meet the growing needs of the Rogue Valley and
the requirements of the Oregon Resiliency Plan. The program protects public health by adding
pH adjustment capabilities at the treatment plant and water source to mitigate lead and copper
from leaching into drinking water and support compliance with the future Lead and Copper
Rule. By modernizing, the Duff Water Treatment Plant's ozone treatment, algal toxins in source
water due to increased water temperatures and wildfires will be effectively removed.
Additionally, the program will expand the Duff Water Treatment Plant's filtration capacity to 65
million gallons per day and upgrade the associated finished water pumping, storage, and
distribution systems to increase transmission capacity to customers and improve system
resiliency. As a result, the system will be more resilient to earthquakes, droughts, and climate
change.

PROJECT BENEFITS

•	Promotes resiliency to the impacts of climate change and earthquakes.

•	Protects public health by reducing exposure to lead and emerging contaminants.

•	Saves Medford Water Commission approximately $12 million by financing with WIFIA
loans.

Photo credit: Medford Water Commission

United States

Environmental Protection	WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia

Agency	EMAiL: wifia@EPA.gov

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