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. ENGLEWOOD ONE WATER MODERNIZATION PROGRAM (WASTEWATER) BORROWER: City of Englewood, Colorado LOCATION: Englewood, Colorado WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT: $21,584,500 TOTAL WIFIA PROJECT COSTS: $88,100,000 POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 300,000 NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED: 282 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The City of Englewood's One Water Modernization Program upgrades outdated and aging water infrastructure in a water constrained and rapidly changing region. The program will protect its wastewater system from the impacts of extreme weather events, promote regulatory compliance, and protect natural resources through conservation and advanced treatment. With this loan, Englewood will modernize its wastewater treatment and conveyance systems by making treatment and process improvements to address aging infrastructure and replacing outdated electrical and control systems. Chemical and ultraviolet treatment improvements will help to assure effluent quality complies with state limits for nitrates. In addition, they will establish a wastewater pilot and research center to test new technologies and treatment equipment. PROJECT BENEFITS • Improves resiliency to extreme weather events. • Promotes compliance with regulatory requirements. • Saves the City of Englewood approximately $8.5 million by financing with a WIFIA loan. WIFIA PROGRAM City of Englewood £% United States Environmental Protection kl m % Agency WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia EMAIL: wifia@EPA.gov ------- |