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. ORO LOMO SANITARY DISTRICT PROJECT NAME: Sewer Collection System Pipeline Rehabilitation and Replacement Project LOCATION: San Lorenzo, CA INVITED WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT $26 million POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 65,000 PROJECT TYPE: Wastewater PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Sewer Collection System Pipeline Rehabilitation and Replacement Project will increase the reliability of the overall sewer collection system by replacing approximately 40 miles of sewer conveyance pipelines and associated laterals and manholes. The purpose of the project is to reduce peak wastewater inflow and infiltration inflows, which will avoid sanitary sewer overflows, improve wastewater influent water quality, improve the reliability of year round wastewater influent flows for future recycled water uses, and avoid future water quality permit violations. 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 ------- |