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.

WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION

BORROWER: City of Pflugerville
LOCATION: Pflugerville, Texas

WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT: $52,049,683
TOTAL WIFIA PROJECT COSTS: $106,223,844
POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 76,000 people
NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED: 325 jobs

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Water Treatment Plant Expansion project will expand the City of Pflugerville's drinking
water system capacity to meet projected demand and improve treatment processes to address
water quality concerns. The project will upgrade the raw and finished water pump stations,
install new pretreatment, filtration, and solids handling technologies, and provide a more
efficient disinfection process. Together, these improvements will help the system return to
compliance with the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule and increase overall
system resiliency. By borrowing from the WIFIA program, the City of Pflugerville will be able to
accelerate other capital improvement projects for its system.

PROJECT BENEFITS

•	Increases water treatment plant treatment capacity to from 17.7 million gallons per day
to 30 million gallons per day to meet projected water demand through 2.050.

•	Supports compliance with state and federal regulatory standards.

•	Saves the City of Pflugerville approximately $13.2 million by financing with a WIFIA loan.

WIFIA

PROGRAM

Pflugerville, Texas

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

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