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.

NORTH FORK PEACHTREE CREEK TANK AND PUMP STATION

BORROWER: City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed
Management
LOCATION: Atlanta, GA

WIFIA LOAN AMOUNT: $61.9 million

TOTAL WIFIA PROJECT COSTS: $126.4 million

POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 177,000 people

NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED: 405 jobs

Atlanta, Georgia

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The North Fork Peachtree Creek Tank and Pump Station Project will construct an off-line
temporary 15-million-gallon storage tank for peak wet weather sewage flow. During significant
wet weather events, peak flow will be diverted from the North Fork trunk sewer to the off-line
storage tank. The stored flow will be returned to the trunk sewer immediately following the
wet weather event. The purpose of this project is to significantly reduce the number and
volume of sewer overflows along the entire length of the Peachtree Creek trunk sewer system,
including eliminating sewer overflows during a 10-year, 4-hour storm and smaller back-to-back
storms. This is the first loan under a master agreement that will commit $216.8M in WIFIA
assistance to the City of Atlanta to address sewer overflow abatement and water system
distribution resiliency issues in the City over the next five years.

PROJECT BENEFITS

•	Protects downstream communities and Apalachicola Bay by allowing Atlanta to help
eliminate sewer overflow events.

•	Saves City of Atlanta an estimated $25.2 million from financing with a WIFIA loan
compared to typical market financing.

WIFIA

PROGRAM

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WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia
EMAiL: wifia@EPA.gov

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