The Alberta government is spending money on clean water and treatment facilities.
$131-million will fund 29 projects through the Water for Life (W4L) and the Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership (AMWWP) grants.
About $28.2-million will be going to getting a regional waterline to Dixonville, Alberta. (Photo/Dixonville LIFE Ag Society)
In a news release, the province says that once the projects are underway, the investment will help sustain approximately 900 jobs.
“This is just one more example of how our government is investing in the infrastructure needed to build the economy across Alberta,” said Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Brian Mason. “It helps create jobs and makes life easier for Albertans.”
“Both the W4L and the AMWWP programs are vital for the continued health and welfare of all Albertans,” echoed John Whaley from the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts and Counties (AAMDC). “Programs such as theses allow rural Albertans to know their municipal councils, and the province, have their well-being top of mind.”
Of the projects, nine are located in the Peace and Mackenzie regions.
Among the W4L grants, the County of Northern Lights is getting $28,196,559 to get the Peace River regional waterline to provide a water supply to the Hamlet of Dixonville.
The other eight projects are from the AMWWP category, with three of them located in Big Lakes County.
$3.6-million will be used to upgrade the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) in Joussard to provide additional water treatment capacity. Another one sees $980,000 going to the Enilda wastewater lagoon upgrade, which includes increased design work and construction costs. Another $53,809 will go to increased design and storage upgrade costs for the Faust wastewater lagoon expansion.
Two are located in the County of Grande Prairie, with Bezanson getting $400,500 to expand its sewage lagoon to meet Environment wastewater treatment requirements. Another $168,750 will help build a waterline from a well to the new, packaged Teepee Creek water treatment plant for additional water supply capacity.
$705,750 will be going to Mackenzie County. The money will help with water supply improvements at Zama City to help meet Alberta Environment water treatment requirements.
The Town of Fairview is getting $545,250 to install aeration systems in three existing raw water reservoirs, while the Town of Wembley is getting $2,172,414 for wastewater membrane bioreactor containers, both also to meet Alberta Environment water treatment requirements.
All-in-all, the Peace and Mackenzie regions will be getting $36,823,032 from the W4L and AMWWP grant programs.
– Posted by BET
