Earlier this week, as part of annual Water Week, when water professionals gather to discuss priority issues impacting the industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Senior Advisor for Water Jessica Kramer joined a roundtable to discuss the Water Infrastructure Financing and Innovation Act (WIFIA). The WIFIA program provides borrowers with flexible, affordable financing options to support water updates in communities. It funds planning, design, and construction of water infrastructure projects and can finance a combination of projects in a single loan. … Roundtable participants included East County Advanced Water Purification Joint Powers Authority in California, which is using a WIFIA loan to help fund a water reuse project that will meet up to 30% of East San Diego County’s drinking water demand.