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.

SACO RIVER WATER TREATMENT FACILITY

PROSPECTIVE BORROWER: Maine Water Company
LOCATION: Biddeford, Maine

TOTAL PROJECT COSTS: $50 million
REQUESTED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $24.5 million
POPULATION SERVED BY SYSTEM 50,000 people
PROJECT TYPE: Public water system

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The privately held Maine Water Company will construct a new 20 millions of gallons per day water
treatment facility to replace the existing facility built in 1884. This project will provide public water
service to the coastal municipalities in York County, Maine; improve system processes, redundancy,
resiliency, and sustainability; and allow for expansion to serve neighboring water systems in southern
Maine, consistent with Southern Maine Regional Water Council master plan.

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

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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 Protectio
M % Agency

WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia
EMAIL: wifia@EPA.gov

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