Wellington

Financial assistance may be available to qualified landowners in Wellington 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 up to 100 per cent.

The program is funded by Wellington County.

How to apply

Contact the Rural Water Quality Program staff at your local Conservation Authority:

Grand River: 519-621-2763 Ext. 2242 or ruralwater@grandriver.ca
Maitland Valley: 519-335-3557 Ext. 245 or maitland@mvca.on.ca
Saugeen Valley: 519-364-1255 Ext. 231 or d.lacey@svca.on.ca
Credit Valley: 437-833-4345 or holly.shipclark@cvc.ca
Halton: 905-805-4687 or cbowen@hrca.on.ca
Hamilton: 905-525-2181 Ext. 196 or jstock@conservationhamilton.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

Project categories	Grant Rate
Manure storage and handling systems	50 per cent up to $25,000
Manure storage decommissioning	50 per cent up to $3,000
Clean water diversion	50 per cent up to $5,000
Dead stock composting facilities	50 per cent up to $4,000
Exclusion fencing	75 per cent to 100 per cent up to $10,000
Fuel storage	50 per cent up to $4,000
Fertilizer and chemical storage and handling	50 per cent up to $2,500
Erosion control structures (grassed waterways, water & sediment control basins, stream bank stabilization)	75 per cent up to $15,000
Machinery crossings	50 per cent up to $5,000
Tree planting (stream buffers, fragile land retirement, field windbreaks)	80 per cent up to $10,000. Performance incentive of $350/acre per year for three years to a maximum of 10 acres.
Cover crops	Performance incentive of $60/acre for up to 50 acres
Milking centre washwater treatment and disposal	50 per cent up to $5,000
Living snow fence	80 - 100 per cent up to $5,000. Performance incentive of $500/acre per year for three years to a maximum of 10 acres.
Natural area restoration and creation	80 per cent up to $7,500. Performance incentive of $350/acre per year for three years to a maximum of 10 acres.
Nutrient management plans	75 - 100 per cent up to $2,000
Wellhead protection	80 per cent up to $2,000
Well abandonment	100 per cent up to $2,500
Crop nutrient plans	75 per cent up to $2,000
Innovative projects	50 per cent up to $10,000

Wellington County Well Program

Financial assistance may be available to non-farm landowners in Wellington County to protect or improve a safe water supply. Applicants must contact their local conservation authority (see contact information above) to complete an application.

Grant Rates

Project categories	Grant rates
Wellhead abandonment	100 per cent up to $1,500 per well
Wellhead protection	80 per cent up to $1,000 per well

Grand River Conservation Authority
400 Clyde Road, PO Box 729
Cambridge, ON
N1R 5W6
Phone: 519-621-2761
Toll Free: 1-866-900-4722
grca@grandriver.ca