The Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Virginia Beach, Va., is receiving a $225-million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan while Memphis, Tenn. will receive a $156 million grant from the program.
For Hampton Roads, the loan represents the first part of $1.05 billion in financing that will go toward the latest piece of Virginia’s Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow (SWIFT) Program, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Oct. 13.