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.

DEKALB COUNTY

PROJECT NAME: Water Infrastructure Renewal Program
LOCATION: Decatur, GA

INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $253 million
POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 729,000
PROJECT TYPE: Drinking Water

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The Water Infrastructure Renewal Program will focus on four key areas: 1) improving resiliency issues at
the County's sole water treatment plant; 2) replacing aging water distribution system pipes that are
contributing to pipe failures and leaks; 3) creating new pressures zones that better manage extreme
system pressures; and 4) increasing system capacity to improve fire flow pressures, reduce system
velocities, and support projected future demands. The purpose of the projects is to provide redundancy
in water storage and transmission, eliminate potential single points of failure, increase reliability in
water treatment plant equipment, and enable the water treatment plant to function when process units
are out of service.

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.

FY 2020 SELECTION ROUND

TOTAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTMENT SUPPORTED: $12.5 billion

TOTAL LOAN AMOUNT $5.1 billion

NUMBER OF PROJECTS SELECTED: 55

United States
Environmental Protection
Agency

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


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