Dufferin
Financial assistance may be available to qualified landowners in Dufferin County to share the cost of selected best management practices that improve and protect ground and surface water quality. An Environmental Farm Plan is required.
Grant rates under the Rural Water Quality Program may be adjusted if combined with other funding programs for a total grant of 80 per cent to 100 per cent.
The program is funded by Dufferin County.
How to apply
Contact the Rural Water Quality Program staff at 519-621-2763 x2242 or ruralwater@grandriver.ca.
- Staff will help you plan your project and guide you through the application process.
- A local review committee will evaluate your project on its potential to improve and protect water quality.
- After the committee approves your project, the work can begin. You will receive the grant payment once the project is complete and inspected by staff.
Grant Rates
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Project Categories |
Grant Rates |
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Clean water diversion |
50 per cent up to $3,000 |
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Exclusion fencing |
70 - 100 per cent up to $5,000 |
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Cover crops |
Performance incentive of $60 per acre for up to $2,400 |
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Erosion control structures |
50 per cent up to $5,000 |
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Nutrient management plans |
75 - 100 per cent up to $2,000 |
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Crop nutrient plans |
75 per cent up to $2,000 |
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Machinery crossing improvements |
50 per cent up to $3,000 |
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Tree planting and Fragile land retirement |
75 per cent up to $5,000 |
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Forest Management |
50 per cent up to $2,000 |
| Natural Area Restoration |
50 per cent up to $5,000 |
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Well decommissioning |
100 per cent up to $1,500 |
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Wellhead protection |
80 per cent up to $1,000 |