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By Chris Brown

Eight projects across province

Water infrastructure projects announced for Bassano, Siksika Nation

Oct 26, 2020 | 12:04 PM

Two southeastern Alberta communities will receive support for infrastructure projects through the Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program.

In Bassano, the project will see upgrades to the wastewater treatment facility, including the addition of a storage cell, upgrades to the existing lagoon transfer structures, and installation of a pump and irrigation pivot.

The project will be funded jointly by more than $2.7 million from the federal government, more than $2.3 million from the province and almost $2 million from municipal/other funding.

More than $2 million will build two new water wells to provide a stable source of feed water for the Arthur A. Youngman treatment facility in Siksika Nation.

The federal government will spend nearly $1.6 million, the province about $500,000 and about $16,000 will come from municipal/other funding.

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Six other projects announced today include a 1.4-km flood barrier in Calgary along the south bank of the Bow River on the Eau Claire Promenade and Riverwalk areas and re-purposing of abandoned raw water reservoirs into stormwater storage in Coaldale.

“Investing in essential services like drinking water treatment and flood barriers is key to building resilient communities,” says Catherine McKenna, federal minister of infrastructure and communities. “The downtown flood barrier project in Calgary and the drinking water wells in Siksika Nation are just two of eight new Alberta projects that will help keep communities safe and healthy while protecting essential public infrastructure. Canada’s infrastructure plan invests in thousands of projects, creates jobs across the country, and builds stronger communities.”

The total funding for the projects is more than $107.5 million.

Alberta Transportation Minister Ric McIver says the “flood mitigation and wastewater investments will sustain Albertans’ quality of life and create more than 600 jobs when they are needed most.”