The provincial government has turned on the taps for the Nickel District Conservation Authority, to the tune of $27,231.
The Nickel District Conservation Authority (NDCA) helps protect local watersheds through research and conservation methods.
The money from the government will help the NDCA educate citizens about their roles in protecting drinking water sources, as well as provide financial assistance to local landowners who work to protect drinking water by upgrading or decommissioning wells and septic systems and installing runoff and erosion control methods, explained a press release.
"We have a shared responsibility for protecting our drinking water," Rick Bartolucci, Sudbury MPP, said in the release. "(We're) making it easier for people to do their part and take actions to help protect local drinking water sources now and into the future."
Seven million dollars is being invested into water source protection programs this year as part of the Ontario Drinking Water Stewardship program, under the Clean Water Act.
Since 2007, the program has funded more than 800 completed projects, with another 400 currently in the works.
More than $150 million has been invested since 2005 to protect drinking water, explained the press release.
"We are pleased to work together with the local community to help protect local drinking water sources," Bartolucci said.
