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 OXNARD PROJECT NAME Aquifer Storage Recovery Project LOCATION: Oxnard, CA INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $29 million POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 210,000 PROJECT TYPE: Water Reuse PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Aquifer Storage Recovery Project will include the following enhancements to the City's recycled water system: 1) increase its capacity from the current 6.25 million gallons per day (MGD) to 12,5 MGD; 2) construct six aquifer and storage recovery wells; 3) install a 20-inch diameter distribution pipeline to convey recovered groundwater from the aquifer and storage recovery wells to three existing water blending stations; and 4) upgrade blending stations. The purpose of the project is to optimize and expand the City's Advanced Water Purification Facility production in combination with aquifer storage and recovery operations to increase local water supply availability and reliability and improve overdraft and water quality conditions of the Oxnard Basin. The project will improve the City's long-term supply reliability even during times of drought. 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 ------- |