A new sewer system for the Southshore communities could cost upwards of $9 million to build, that’s why property owners will be asked next week just how the project should be funded.
The good news is that because the new system – called a ‘water reclamation facility’ – is another state-of-the-art project being undertaken by the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River
The feds and province each picking up one third of the tab, leaving almost $3 million for the municipality.
That, in turn, could mean as much as a $7,500 for each utility customer on the Southshore – or as little as $4,500. That’s why councillors will listen to what ratepayers have to say at a public meeting at the Southshore community complex next Thursday (Jun. 26) evening.
At their meeting last week, M.D. councillors heard about a variety of funding options from engineers at Associated Engineering who have helped create the blueprints for the new system.
They said council could opt for a new ‘environmental levy’ assessed municipality-wide. In other words, the fund created to safeguard all waterways within the municipality could ease the burden for utility customers.
Concerns about sewage systems and septic fields in those communities – and the danger of seepage into Lesser Slave Lake — has grown over the years. And the provincial Environment department’s tough new rules on landfills, water treatments and sewage systems, the M.D. doesn’t have much breathing room for change, says Reeve Sheila Foley.

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