The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is helping finance water infrastructure projects in Maryland, California and Wisconsin with $688 million in low-interest loans, Administrator Michael Regan announced Jan. 19 at the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting
Projects backed by the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loans will support more than 4,000 construction and operation jobs, he told attendees. and are the latest to be highlighted by the Biden administration as EPA and other federal agencies begin to roll out funds allocated through the recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.