The Government of Quebec is investing $40 million to support the elimination of sources of contamination in the Lake Saint-Charles watershed, which serves more than 300,000 residents of the Quebec region.
This body of water is “altered due to wastewater runoff” according to the Ministry of the Environment and the funding announced Tuesday morning will support interventions targeting private septic systems as well as green and rainwater infrastructure.
Financial assistance is offered to the City of Quebec, the City of Lac-Delage and the Municipality of the United Townships of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury
“The supply of drinking water and the treatment of wastewater are major challenges for municipalities, and this is even more true in a context of population growth. The investments required to maintain infrastructure throughout Quebec are major,” said Andrée Laforest, Minister of Municipal Affairs, in a press release.
The Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, for his part mentioned that “this investment is a tangible example of the vision at the heart of the creation of the Blue Fund, which will ultimately make it possible to increase the capacity for action of all water stakeholders in Quebec”.
The Legault government must soon introduce a bill to set up the “Blue Fund”, a financing of 650 million dollars for the health of the various bodies of water in Quebec.
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