Grey
Financial assistance may be available to qualified landowners in Grey 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.
How to apply
Contact the Rural Water Quality Program staff at 519-621-2763 x2242 or email 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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Livestock access restriction |
75 - 100 per cent up to $5,000 |
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Erosion control structures (grassed waterways, water and sediment control basins, stream bank stabilization) |
50 per cent up to $5,000 |
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Tree planting (stream buffers, fragile land retirement, field windbreaks) |
75 per cent up to $5,000 |
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Well abandonment |
100 per cent up to $1,000 |