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.

WEIRTON AREA WATER BOARD

PROJECT NAME: Water Treatment Plant Improvements Project
LOCATION: Weirton, WV

INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $12 million
POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 22,000
PROJECT TYPE: Drinking Water

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The Water Treatment Plant Improvements Project will construct a new grit handling system and
additional flocculators and settling basins, expand the existing filter and clearwell building to increase
filtration and storage capacity, and add an additional filter backwash decant tank. The purpose of this
project is to increase the Weirton Area Water Board's treatment capacity from so that the Board can
meet current demand more effectively.

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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