Congressional Panel Approves WIFIA Funds

On Tuesday, Dec. 9, a U.S. House-Senate conference committee approved spending legislation for the 2015 fiscal year that includes funding for the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. The legislation must now go before the full House and Senate and then receive presidential approval before it becomes law.Although the WIFIA portion of this omnibus bill does not include funding for project loans, it does provide the full $2.2 million Congress authorized earlier this year for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set up the WIFIA program.“We have been hearing on the Hill that Congress believes WIFIA is a great, new