An update on the WIFIA loan program
The U.S. EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act Loan Program (WIFIA) … has now completed three solicitation rounds over the period 2017-2019, generating 90 competitively selected applications totaling $13.6 billion of loan volume. This indicates WIFIA has had an excellent start. But beneath the surface, what’s actually happening? How is the program working as intended to improve U.S. water infrastructure?