Backgrounder: Canada and British Columbia invest in drinking water and wastewater infrastructure

Backgrounder

The Government of Canada is investing more than $13.9 million and the Province of British Columbia is contributing more than $5.3 million in four water and wastewater projects through the Green Infrastructure Stream of the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program. Additional contributions of $6.7 million will be made from the municipalities and the Nak'azdli Whut'en.

Project Information:

Community	Project Name	Project Details	Federal Funding^{Footnote 1}	Provincial Funding	Recipient Funding
Nak'azdli Whut'en	Wastewater Treatment and Disposal	Upgrade existing wastewater treatment system to improve effluent quality and odour control	$7,498,380	$0	$2,499,461
Lumby	Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrades	Rehabilitate the existing wastewater treatment facility to increase treatment capacity and treatment process redundancy	$4,352,000	$3,626,304	$2,901,696
Columbia Shuswap	Scotch Creek Water	Build a water treatment plant, install trunk watermain, and upgrade water intake to increase treatment capacity and improve water services	$1,280,000	$1,066,560	$853,440
Comox Valley	Denman Island Water Treatment Project	Build a water treatment plant and related infrastructure to improve drinking water services	$798,000	$664,933	$532,067
Total			$13,928,380	$5,357,797	$6,786,664

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Date modified:: 2021-12-21