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.

CITY OF LORAIN

PROJECT NAME Water Treatment Plant Improvements
LOCATION: Lorain, OH

INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $30 million
POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 64,000
PROJECT TYPE: Drinking Water

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The Water Treatment Plant Improvements Project will construct a new water treatment plant, located
adjacent to the existing treatment plant, that will better serve the current and future demand capacity
(approximately 13-17 million gallons per day). The purpose of this project is to expand treatment
capacity and provide reliable and safe drinking water for decades to come to the 64,000 residents in
Lorain and customers in the surrounding areas.

FY 2020 SELECTION ROUND

25 million in 20 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.

TOTAL LOAN AMOUNT $5.1 billion

TOTAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT SUPPORTED: $12.5 billion

NUMBER OF PEOPLE IMPACTED:

NUMBER OF PROJECTS SELECTED: 55

United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

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

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