Backgrounder: Canada and Ontario announce funding for clean water and wastewater infrastructure projects across Ontario
Backgrounder
23 new projects approved in four communities
A new list of water and wastewater projects has been approved under the Canada-Ontario Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) agreement, which is designed to improve the safety and quality of water for Canadian families, while supporting a clean economy.
The Government of Canada is providing Ontario with over $569 million under CWWF, and will fund up to 50 percent of the eligible project costs. The provincial government is providing up to $270 million and will fund up to 25 percent of total eligible project costs, and the recipient will provide the balance of funding.
As part of the bilateral agreement with Ontario, the following 23 projects across Ontario have been approved for federal funding amounting to $23,267,573.
Location |
Project Name |
Federal Funding |
Provincial Funding |
Anticipated Start Date |
Ajax, Town of |
Conduct Condition Assessment on Six Stormwater Management Ponds |
$37,500 |
$18,750 |
April 3, 2017 |
Ajax, Town of |
Installation of an Oil/ Grit Separator to improve stormwater at sewer outfall from Callander Court |
$50,000 |
$25,000 |
September 11, 2017 |
Ajax, Town of |
Hermitage Stormwater Management Pond Rehabilitation |
$41,250 |
$20,625 |
July 2, 2017 |
Ajax, Town of |
Design and Construction of Stormwater Quality Control Improvement at Existing Storm Sewer Outfall |
$325,000 |
$162,500 |
February 21, 2017 |
Ajax, Town of |
Installation of an Oil/ Grit Separator to improve stormwater quality at sewer outfall from Caldicott Court |
$50,000 |
$25,000 |
September 11, 2017 |
Brock, Township of |
Early works in support of the development of a Storm Water Master Plan |
$50,000 |
$25,000 |
December 1, 2016 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Watermain replacement on King St from Arthur St to Dunlop St., James St from Kings St. to Centre St., & Ontario St. W. from Henry St. to King St. |
$750,000 |
$375,000 |
June 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Sanitary sewer replacement on King St from Arthur St to Dunlop St., James St from Kings St. to Centre St., & Ontario St. W. from Henry St. to King St. |
$700,000 |
$350,000 |
June 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Watermain replacement crossing Hwy 401 east of Brock St. |
$800,000 |
$400,000 |
July 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Whitby Water Supply Plant -installation of new dechlorination equipment to dechlorinate backwash prior to discharge into Lake Ontario |
$200,000 |
$100,000 |
March 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Replacement of a feedermain on Bloor St from Grandview St. to Townline Rd. |
$1,000,000 |
$500,000 |
June 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Harmony Creek Water Pollution Control Plant Upgrades, including aeration system, secondary clarifier, waste gas burner, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system and operations building. |
$7,750,000 |
$3,875,000 |
March 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Oshawa Water Supply Plant - Plant No. 1 - Filter Rehabilitation |
$1,600,000 |
$800,000 |
March 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Courtice Water Pollution Control Plant - Resource Recovery Study - Phase 2 (energy and resource recovery) |
$150,000 |
$75,000 |
January 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Twinning of the sanitary forcemain from Water St. Sanitary Sewage Pumping Station to the intersection of Carlan Drive and Regional Road 8 (Reach Street) |
$2,050,000 |
$1,025,000 |
June 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Rehabilitation of existing watermains (Cement lining), Town of Whitby and the City of Oshawa |
$1,500,000 |
$750,000 |
April 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Cathodic Protection of Watermains (City of Pickering, Town of Ajax, Town of Whitby and City of Oshawa) |
$1,400,000 |
$700,000 |
April 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Polybutylene Water Service Replacement Program (City of Pickering and Town of Ajax) |
$2,763,823 |
$1,381,912 |
April 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Sanitary sewer extension on Regional Rd. 25 (Consumers Dr.) extension from east of Thickson Rd. to Thornton Rd. to service industrial lands |
$620,000 |
$310,000 |
June 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Watermain extension on Regional Rd. 25 (Consumers Dr.) extension from east of Thickson Rd. to Thornton Rd. to service industrial lands |
$550,000 |
$275,000 |
June 1, 2017 |
Durham, Regional Municipality of |
Sanitary sewer extension on Regional Rd. 52 (Thornton Rd.) from Champlain Ave. to Consumers Dr. to service industrial lands |
$205,000 |
$102,500 |
June 1, 2017 |
Pickering, City of |
Reconstruction of the Abbot Crescent Stormwater Management Pond in the City of Pickering to improve water quantity, quality and erosion control to Ganatsekiagon Creek |
$450,000 |
$225,000 |
April 3, 2017 |
Pickering, City of |
Replacement of the unstable deteriorated Marksbury Road storm sewer outfall in the City of Pickering to reduce sediment loads to Lake Ontario |
$225,000 |
$112,500 |
April 3, 2017 |