66.958: Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (WIFIA)
Alternate Name: WIFIA
Overview
Program Number
66.958
Status
Active
Last Modified
Sept. 16, 2022
Date Posted
Sept. 16, 2022
Objective
To accelerate investment in our nation's water and wastewater infrastructure by providing long-term, low-cost supplemental credit assistance under customized terms to creditworthy water and wastewater projects of national and regional significance.
Funding Priority - Fiscal Year FY 2021: Selected projects shall demonstrate the broad range of project types that the WIFIA program can finance including wastewater, drinking water, stormwater, and water recycling projects. For FY 2021, WIFIA is offering loans to small communities for up to 80 percent of eligible project costs. Small communities are defined as fewer than 25,000 people.
Type of Assistance
E - Direct Loans
Applicant Eligibility
The entity applying for WIFIA credit assistance must be one of the following: a corporation, a partnership, a joint venture, a trust, a federal, state or local government entity, agency, or instrumentality, a tribal government or consortium of tribal governments, a State Revolving Fund (SRF) program as defined by the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Not Applicable
Additional Information
Grant Awards
Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation (WIFIA) direct grants
Grant Opportunities