Backgrounder: Residents in Antigonish, Colchester and Richmond to benefit from improved drinking water and wastewater infrastructure
Backgrounder
Joint federal, provincial and municipal funding through the Investing in Canada infrastructure plan will support water and wastewater infrastructure improvement projects in the municipalities of Antigonish, Colchester and Richmond, Nova Scotia.
The Government of Canada is investing over $1.2 million in these projects through the Green Infrastructure Stream (GIS) of the Investing in Canada plan. The Government of Nova Scotia is contributing over $1 million. Municipalities are contributing over $807,000 to these projects.
Project Information:
Project Name |
Location |
Project Details |
Federal Funding |
Provincial Funding |
Municipal Funding |
Water System Expansion |
Antigonish |
Extending the waterlines by 2.5 km in North Grant, and from Church Street to Beech Hill |
$437,988 |
$364,954 |
$292,029 |
Wastewater Collection Improvements: Valley, Salmon River, Debert |
Colchester |
Upgrading Pumping Station 15 in Valley, and Pumping Station 6 in Salmon River; diverting flows away from the treatment plant in Debert |
$673,480 |
$561,177 |
$449,043 |
Arichat Water Treatment Plant Upgrades |
Richmond |
Installing a new chemical injection system, modernizing instrumentation, repair filters, upgrading equipment and controls |
$100,000 |
$83,325 |
$66,675 |