UPDATE: August 2017, Received grant from province for $1,000,000
Estimated cost: $1.5 million
Grant request: 75% of total cost

The source of water in East Selkirk is a large fractured limestone aquifer. The water is hard due to high levels of minerals. Most residents use in-home softeners, but these softeners discharge salts into the sewers causing wastewater treatment issues.

Installing a membrane softening system will provide good quality domestic water and reduce the amount of salts being discharged into the sewer system. Homeowners won’t need softeners anymore. Installation of membrane will begin in 2019.

Our portion of the cost of this project will be paid for by development fees for new subdivisions in East Selkirk.