The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its fiftieth WIFIA loan to the City of Roseville, California, for its Water Future Initiative. The city will receive $33 million to support a project to diversify the city’s drinking water supply and reduce potential impacts of climate change while saving the City of Roseville money that will be reinvested in water system improvements.
EPA’s Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water, Radhika Fox said: “EPA is excited to announce its 50th WIFIA loan, which provides a great opportunity to recognize the successes we’ve had while redoubling our efforts to improve infrastructure in communities that need it most. We’ve seen time and again that collaborating with local partners and investing in water infrastructure can improve public health, protect the environment, create jobs, and support economic growth while addressing key challenges facing communities.”
The City of Roseville’s Water Future Initiative will improve the system’s resiliency through water diversification, upgrades to existing infrastructure, and expanded water reuse. Funding will help construct a new 12 million gallon per day tertiary filtration system at one of two regional wastewater treatment plants in Roseville. Alongside that upgrade are Roseville’s early stages of evaluation for advanced treatment technologies to determine the feasibility to expand the use of recycled water. WIFIA funding will also expand Roseville’s Aquifer Storage and Recovery Program with six new groundwater well sites that will store surplus surface water supplies in times of plenty and extract it during dry conditions. Both efforts will help manage climate change impacts locally, regionally and state-wide.
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