Miami gets $99.7 Million Federal Loan for Wastewater Upgrade
MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is providing the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department with a $99.7 million federal loan to build 14 injection wells designed to stop wastewater from going into the Atlantic Ocean.
Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler visited the wastewater plant on Friday to officially sign the agreement, which is part of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, commonly known as WIFIA.
Wheeler says Miami is the community to receive a WIFIA loan. He says projects funded by the loans have created 6,000 jobs nationwide.
The agency is offering a third round of loans totaling $6 billion to applicants across the country starting Friday. Wheeler says agencies have through July 5 to apply for the low-interest loans.
Related News
From Archive
- Oil pipeline struck during fiber optic construction spills into L.A. storm drains
- Utility strike at center of Dallas explosion investigation
- Gas line strike destroys three homes in Ohio neighborhood
- $1 billion Ohio River Tunnel project awarded in Pittsburgh
- Las Vegas advances multibillion-dollar water pipeline expansion
- Final Lake Erie sewer tunnel project set to begin after decades-long $3 billion effort
- Inside Infrastructure: Utility locators warn of systemic failures in damage prevention process
- Senate passes PIPELINE Safety Act aimed at strengthening buried utility protection
- $104 million Lynchburg, Va., tunnel nears breakthrough beneath Blackwater Creek
Comments