Residents of the Cariboo Regional District will receive important upgrades to their drinking water in 108 Mile Ranch.
The federal and provincial governments announced joint funding for the construction of a new water treatment plant through the Small Communities Fund. The project will receive $981,118 in funding from each the B.C. Government and the Government of Canada.
The Cariboo Regional District will be responsible to the remaining cost of the project, which is expected to be approximately $2.9 million in total.
The project will include the construction of a new water treatment plant adjacent to the Kyllo reservoir. The new plant will house the treatment system and an insulated underground holding tank. This new system will provide residents clean and potable water for the foreseeable future after completion.
Important & much needed support for the 108 Mile water system- small community infrastructure fund @africhmond pic.twitter.com/fEVj9ay48B
— Cathy McLeod (@Cathy_McLeod) July 25, 2015
“[Saturday’s] announcement represents a significant investment in 108’s drinking water system. Through our government’s partnership in the Small Communities fund, we are making these types of infrastructure projects possible, and I want to thank local government leaders and the Cariboo Regional Board for their commitment to getting the water treatment plant underway,” said Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett.
The water system upgrade in 108 Mile Ranch is among 55 recently approved projects in B.C. that will collectively receive more than $128 million in joint provincial and federal funding as part of the Small Communities Fund. The fund provides funding for priority public infrastructure projects for communities across the province with fewer than 100,000 residents.
