Clean Water Program

Water is a precious resource. The success of your farm business and the health of your family depend on a clean and abundant water supply. Water is also a shared resource that everyone must help safeguard. The Clean Water Program (CWP) is a rural water quality initiative that provides technical assistance and financial incentives to improve and protect water quality on your farm. Local municipalities are offering cost-sharing grants to qualified landowners for best management practices that improve ground and surface water quality. The grant rate for all projects is 50% and range from a maximum of $500 - $5,000, depending on the project type.
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Rural landowners in the Counties of Oxford, Middlesex and Perth, the Cities of London and Stratford and the Town of St. Marys (see MAP) are eligible to apply for the project through their local Conservation Authority. Click HERE for information on Oxford County initiatives. Huron County landowners click HERE.
	All projects require the completion of an Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) or CWP Worksheet for Septic Systems and Wells. Projects may be eligible for a 70% grant when CWP is supplemented with EFP funding, or when project is located within a Wellhead Protection Area. Conservation Authorities may offer increased grant rates and/or maximum grants for specific projects. Please contact your local Conservation Authority for details.


	Offering technical and financial assistance to improve and protect water quality on your farm. Funded by your local municipality, and delivered by your local Conservation Authority.