PWD gets loan for water treatment demonstration
Palmdale Water District’s new advanced water treatment demonstration facility received a boost with a $14.8 million loan from the US Environmental Protection Agency, district officials announced Thursday. The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan is expected to save the district about $4 million in interest over a 20-year period compared to traditional financing. The Pure Water Antelope Valley Demonstration Facility will cost $24.5 million. “We are grateful to the EPA for awarding this loan for our Pure Water AV Demonstration Facility,” PWD General Manager Dennis D. LaMoreaux said. “It gives us the funds needed to build a project that will enable us to be more drought-proof, have local control of our water, and improve the groundwater quality and quantity.”