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West Valley Water District’s (WVWD) Board of Directors recently announced that the agency was invited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to apply for a $24.5 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan for the Oliver P. Roemer Water Filtration Facility Expansion Project.
Vice President Kyle Crowther stated, “This is extraordinary news as we continue with the design of the Roemer Facility expansion. Our board and management remain committed to identifying solutions that will maximize benefits and minimize costs for ratepayers. Our selection for these funds follows months of a major collaborative effort between our board, staff and vendors. On behalf of the West Valley Water District Board of Directors, I’d like to thank all of them for their tireless efforts to improve services for our ratepayers.”
The current Roemer facility provides 41 percent of WVWD’s water and uses both Lytle Creek and the state water project (SWP) aqueduct water to meet local demand. The other 59 percent of WVWD water is secured via ground wells. By increasing the Roemer facility’s ability to treat water from SWP, which carries water from Northern California south to the Inland Empire, WVWD can reduce ground well utilization and allow groundwater levels to recover.
