Province, feds fund wastewater infrastructure upgrades in Westman

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Nine Westman communities will receive funding from the federal and provincial governments to improve wastewater treatment and waste infrastructure, it was announced Monday.

Through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program, the federal government is delivering approximately $18.7 million in funding, while Manitoba is contributing approximately $15.6 million.

Municipalities benefitting from the funding will also be contributing approximately $12.5 million of their own money for the developments.

In the RM of Alexander, a combined $1.424 million is going toward building a two-hectare wastewater lagoon treatment system in Ward 4.

The Town of Carberry’s wastewater lagoon is being expanded at a cost of $7.659 million, with a new primary cell being built and the two existing lagoon cells being relined and repurposed as secondary cells.

Similar work will be carried out in the Cartwright-Roblin Municipality, where $1.85 million will be spent on creating a secondary storage cell at the wastewater lagoon, relining the existing secondary cell and using that cell as the new primary cell after the current one is decommissioned.

The City of Dauphin’s wastewater lagoon is getting a new reactor system for ammonia reduction and disinfection and a new sewage treatment facility will be built at a cost of $12.458 million — the largest expense involved in Monday’s announcement.

In the RM of Glenboro-South Cypress, the current lagoon in the Village of Glenboro is being changed into an aerated primary cell with two submerged growth reactors for $5.519 million.

The Municipality of Killarney-Turtle Mountain is spending $1.356 million on rehabilitating water and wastewater pipes from Mountain Avenue to Finlay Street in Killarney. This is part of a second phase of a project to improve sewer and water lines in the municipality.

Neepawa is proceeding with the second phase of its wastewater treatment system upgrade and expansion by getting $5.708 million to install a moving bed biofilm reactor system to remove ammonia from treated effluent and upgrade the treatment building itself. That second aspect will involve the decommissioning of Neepawa’s current primary and secondary lagoon treatment cells.

In the Prairie View Municipality, $2.139 million will pay for the rehabilitation of sewer lines, water mains and other works in Birtle.

The final Westman beneficiary of funding is the Municipality of Russell-Binscarth, which is receiving $8.518 million to upgrade its sewage lagoon.

That process will involve partially demolishing existing storage cells and rebuilding them.

Ten communities were announced as recipients of the funding. The only municipality on the list not from Westman was Pinawa, which is using its funding to expand its landfill.

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