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.

NORTHWEST WATER TREATMENT
FACILITY

BORROWER: City of Wichita
LOCATION: Wichita, KS

WIFIA LOAN AMOUNTS: $280.9 million
TOTAL WIFIA PROJECT COSTS: $573.2 million
POPULATION SERVED BY PROJECT: 500,000
NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED: 1,830 jobs

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Northwest Water Treatment Facility is a new water treatment plant that will serve the City
of Wichita, surrounding communities, industries, and wholesale customers. The new plant will
provide 120 million gallons per day of drinking water and will replace the aging Main Water
Treatment Plant. The purpose of the project is to replace aging infrastructure to provide
reliable delivery of drinking water.

PROJECT BENEFITS

•	Replaces an 80-year-old drinking water treatment plant at the end of its useful life
which will increase reliability and reduce risk of failure

•	Includes innovative treatment strategies and robust design standards which are focused
on meeting current and future water quality standards

•	Allows the project to begin 7 years earlier than it would without WIFIA funding

•	Saves the City of Wichita ratepayers an estimated $97 million by financing the project
with a WIFIA loan compared to a bond issuance

WIFIA

PROGRAM

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Environmental Protection
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WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/wifia
EMAIL: wifia@EPA.gov

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