The municipality of Casselman is receiving over $5.6 million from the Ontario government for improvements to its Pumping Station 1. This money, announced on September 4, will be used to increase the capacity of Casselman’s main wastewater pumping station. The planned work includes, among other things, a new electrical room, an additional pump, a bypass pipe, an upgrade to the alum pumping system, and a new 1,880-metre pressure pipe.
Once all the work is completed, the capacity of the pumping station will be doubled from 118 litres per second to 236 litres per second and will serve approximately 1,844 new homes in the municipality.
“We are preparing for the future needs of the next 25 years. It is encouraging to know that the provincial government, with its financial assistance, is supporting us in our efforts to build more housing,” said Casselman Mayor Geneviève Lajoie.
Glengarry-Prescott-Russell MPP Stéphane Sarrazin affirmed the provincial government’s commitment to building additional housing:
“The Ford government recognizes that small municipalities like Casselman are experiencing difficulties with their water and drinking water systems. By improving the system, we are at the same time enabling municipalities to develop, especially in terms of housing, This is our priority.”
The total cost of the project is estimated at $7,687,500, and the municipality must pay 23 per cent of that amount, which is just over $2 million.
