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.

JOHNSTON COUNTY

PROJECT NAME: Wastewater Treatment Improvements Program
LOCATION: Smithfield, NC

INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $50 million
POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 89,604
PROJECT TYPE: Wastewater

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The Wastewater Treatment Improvements Program will include seven projects that support capacity
expansion via a new 4 million gallons per day (MGD) wastewater treatment facility, biosolids
management improvements to the existing regional wastewater treatment facility, and conveyance
projects to distribute influent flow between the regional and new wastewater treatment facilities. The
purpose of these projects is to meet the increased sewer demand in the service area, address
infrastructure resiliency, and enhance nutrient removal to meet a stringent regulatory requirement.

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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