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. UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY/KANSAS CITY, KANSAS PROJECT NAME: Kansas City, Kansas Community-Based Partnership - Stormwater Program LOCATION: Kansas City, KS INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $78 million POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 55,235 PROJECT TYPE: Stormwater PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Community-Based Partnership - Stormwater Program will integrate stormwater, combined sewer, and green infrastructure projects to address frequent flooding, repair critical infrastructure, and improve water quality. The projects will help the community meet requirements to address combined sewer overflows; repair, replace, and rehabilitate critical infrastructure; improve water quality; protect downstream drinking water; and increase the stormwater management capacity through green infrastructure. 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. FY 2020 SELECTION ROUND 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 ------- |