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.

CITY OF SAN DIEGO

PROJECT NAME: Pure Water San Diego Program Phase 1: North City Project
LOCATION: Sari Diego, CA

INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $74 million
POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 1,430,000
PROJECT TYPE: Water Reuse

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Construction of Phase 1-North City of San Diego's multi-year Pure Water program will use proven
technology to clean non-potable reused/recycled water into safe, high quality drinking water and
provide one-third of the City's water supply by 2035. EPA closed a $614M WIFIA loan with the City for
this project in 2018 and the City is seeking additional funding. The purpose of this project is to provide a
reliable, sustainable supply sourced from reused/recycled water, reduce the need for imported water,
and divert wastewater flows away from the Point Loma ocean discharge plant.

NUMBER OF PEOPLE IMPACTED:	«	w

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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