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 GRESHAM AND ROCKWOOD WATER PEOPLE'S UTILITY
DISTRICT

PROJECT NAME Cascade Groundwater Development
LOCATION: Gresham, OR

INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $47 million
POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 137,967
PROJECT TYPE Drinking Water

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The Cascade Groundwater Development Project is a joint effort to establish an independent regional
water supply system. This project will greatly expand on this existing groundwater infrastructure to
establish an independent and resilient water supply to meet current and future demands of residential,
commercial, and industrial customers. The purpose of this project is to provide reliable regional water
distribution to meet the current and future demands of the 135,000 residents regularly served by the
system. In addition, by using existing and new interconnections, this system will provide a regional
source of water production, storage, and distribution in the event of an emergency.

FY 2020 SELECTION ROUND

NUMBER OF PROJECTS SELECTED: 55

TOTAL LOAN AMOUNT $5.1 billion

TOTAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT SUPPORTED: $12.5 billion

NUMBER OF PEOPLE IMPACTED:

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.

WIFIA

PROGRAM



United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

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


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