The city of Wichita has submitted its application to the Environmental Protection Agency for a federal loan expected to fund about half of the cost for the city’s new water treatment facility.
The city plans to secure $269.7 million in financing from the loan, which is nearly 55 percent of the total budget released Monday.
The financing, provided through the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, could pay for the project’s design, construction, owner’s representative services and additional hard costs associated with the Northwest Water Facility, a news release from the city says.
(Read more: Wichita Business Journal)