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. BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT NAME Wastewater Rehabilitation Program 2020 LOCATION: Baltimore, MD INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $64 million POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 1,600,000 PROJECT TYPE: Wastewater PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The City of Baltimore's Wastewater Rehabilitation Program 2020 will include five subprojects. Two projects at the Patapsco Wastewater Treatment plant will rehabilitate the clarifiers and gravity sludge thickeners and the liquid oxygen facilities. Two projects at the Back River Wastewater Treatment plant will rehabilitate the activated sludge plant 3 clarifiers and the egg-shaped digesters respectively. The final project will rehabilitate the high level interceptor. The purpose is to ensure wastewater system reliability, safeguard public health and environmental quality, and continue compliance with permits and other relevant regulations. FY 2020 SELECTION ROUND NUMBER OF PROJECTS SELECTED: 55 TOTAL LOAN AMOUNT $5.1 billion TOTAL WATER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT SUPPORTED: $12.5 billion 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. WIFIA PROGRAM United States Environmental Protection Agency WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia EMAIL; wifia@EPA.gov ------- |