Champlain receives provincial funding for L’Orignal wastewater treatment

The Ontario government is investing $769,373 in wastewater infrastructure to help build approximately 849 new homes in the Township of Champlain. The funding is being delivered through the province’s Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund (HEWSF), a stream of the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program (MHIP).

“I want to thank the Ministry of Infrastructure for supporting our community with this important funding. By investing in housing and critical services, our government is helping build a stronger, more resilient future for families in L’Orignal,” said Glengarry-Prescott-Russell Member of Provincial Parliament Stéphane Sarrazin.

This funding will allow the Township of Champlain to accelerate critical upgrades to its sanitary sewer system in the Village of L’Orignal. By supporting the relining of aging infrastructure, the investment helps the municipality reduce long-term maintenance costs, increase the system’s resilience to extreme weather events, and extend the useful life of infrastructure originally installed in the 1970s. It also creates capacity to accommodate future residential development, aligning with the Township’s Official Plan and long-term growth objectives. The technology used to renew the infrastructure involves relining the sewers rather than replacing segments, which will avoid disruptive and costly excavations in the village core being a benefit for residents. This technology has been used successfully in the past by the Township of Champlain in sections of Vankleek Hill.

“This project is an important investment in the health and safety of L’Orignal residents. It will reduce water infiltration and inflow into the sanitary sewage system while extending the life of existing infrastructure. Furthermore, this initiative will strengthen the system’s resiliency against climate change and the severe weather events experienced in recent years. The reduced demand on the system will also support future growth in the community and is expected to lower operational costs,” declared Champlain Township Mayor Normand Riopel.