WIFIA

PROGRAM

The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)
program accelerates investment in our nation's water
:nfrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental
loans for regionally and nationally significant projects.

CITY OF SANDY

PROJECT NAME: Wastewater System Improvements Project — Phase 1
LOCATION: Sandy, OR

INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $33 million
POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 11,075
PROJECT TYPE: Combined

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The Wastewater System Improvements Project Phase 1 will improve three major components of the
City's existing wastewater facilities to provide a year-round discharge to a water body with greater
assimilative capacity. The project will include: 1) rehabilitation of the collection system in the City's two
largest sewersheds; 2) construction of the new Eastside Satellite membrane bioreactor wastewater
treatment plant; and 3) construction of a new Sandy River outfall. The purpose of the project is to
reduce peak flows, expand wastewater treatment capacity, and provide a year-round discharge to a
larger receiving waterbody.

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.

££ EDA Environmental Protection	WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia

^1	Agency	EMAIL: wifia@EPA.gov


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