Funding to cover Up to 75% of project costs available to municipalities in Alberta  

The Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership (AMWWP) provides cost-shared funding to eligible municipalities to help build municipal facilities for water supply and treatment, and wastewater treatment and disposal. Eligible projects can receive up to 75% of project costs. Funding is calculated as a percentage of eligible project costs based on the municipality’s official population when the grant is approved.

Eligible Applicants

Individual municipalities can apply for funding to support stand alone facilities.

• Cities (under 45,000 population)
• Towns
• Villages
• Summer villages
• Regional commissions
  • Regional commissions are eligible to receive funding for multi-municipal commission-owned water supply and treatment and wastewater treatment facilities as outlined in the project eligibility criteria below
  • Municipalities that are part of a regional commission but require their own facilities can submit individual applications for funding
• Counties, municipal districts, Metis Settlements, and the special areas responsible for making applications on behalf of communities within their jurisdiction that have been:
  • Deemed an eligible hamlet by Alberta Transportation and received prior approval under other water/wastewater programs, or
  • Deemed an eligible hamlet by consisting of a group of 10 or more occupied dwellings, the majority of which are on titled parcels of less than 1,850 square metres of land with a:
    • Defined boundary
    • Distinct name
    • Provision for non-residential uses
      
      

Eligible Activities

The department will assess the eligibility of proposed projects. Funding may be available for the following projects:

Water supply and treatment

• Raw-water intakes and wells
• Raw-water supply lines to storage facilities
• Raw-water storage facilities
• Raw-water supply lines from storage facilities to treatment facilities
• Water treatment facilities
• Treated-water supply line from the treatment plant to the first connection point on the distribution system
• Treated-water storage facilities and related works

Wastewater treatment

• Outfall sewer from last connection point on the collection system to the wastewater treatment facilities
• Wastewater treatment facilities
• Outfall sewers from the wastewater facilities to the point of discharge or disposal and related works
• Septage receiving stations at wastewater treatment plants, up to a limit of 20% of the cost of the facility and 20% of the capacity of the facility

Related projects

• Small projects "at the plant" which would enhance the treatment process, such as chlorination or fluoridation
• Planning and/or design studies directly related to an eligible project
• General municipal infrastructure planning studies for eligible municipalities under 10,000 population

Funding Details

This grant can cover the following costs:

• Construction costs
• Right-of-way acquisition and/or land costs, including expropriation costs
• Relocation and adjustment of associated utilities
• Engineering costs
• Survey fees
• Legal fees
• Advertising for tenders
• Other costs (such as audit fees)
• Interim financing costs on unpaid grants from the time of project completion until the grant is paid

Deadline

The deadline for applications is November 30, 2022.