Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava and EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox announce the awarding of a $424 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) low-interest loan to the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD). The loan will fund treatment plant upgrades that will allow the department to discontinue the use of ocean outfall pipes to dispose of treated wastewater. This is the department's fourth WIFIA allocation – the most awarded to a single utility anywhere in the nation since the program began.