Residents of Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry will be getting some help from Ontario to improve the management of the community’s drinking water system.
Five townships will share $154,954 in investments from the province’s $12-million Ontario Small Waterworks Assistance Program Part Two (OSWAP-2), announced MPP Jim Brownell recently. The program is part of the government’s ongoing commitment to support small communities and to deliver safe and clean drinking water to Ontario families.
Funds will be distributed to help manage operating costs for municipal drinking water systems with public drinking water systems serving 1,001 to 5,000 residents and breaks down as
- North Dundas - $25,000
- South Dundas -$25,000
- North Stormont - $39,832
- South Stormont - $25,000
- South Glengarry - $40,122
Funding will be provided following the signing of provincial contribution agreements. Communities must commit to undertaking at least one of a number of projects designed to improve the management and operation of their drinking water systems. These projects include business planning, asset management planning, leakage audits and local operator training.
“This investment is aimed to relieve some of the burden our smaller, rural municipalities have in the cost of delivering services like drinking water,” said Jim Brownell, MPP for Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry. “We want to ensure all of our communities have the necessary resources to manage their drinking water systems.”
OSWAP-2 is the second stage of the $40-million funding program for small water systems announced on Aug. 16, 2007. The first stage of the program, OSWAP, was launched on Aug.31, 2007 and provides $8 million in operating funding over five years for communities with public drinking water systems serving 1,000 or fewer residents.
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