"This is by far the largest [regional project] ... ever. I don't see any other thing that would come anywhere close to this scope."
That according to RM of Stanley Reeve Morris Olafson, who says the $46.7 million Waste Water Treatment Plant project currently being designed is the largest collaboration in the Pembina Valley's history.
Winkler, the RM of Stanley and Morden are banding together to offset the high cost of a Waste Water Treatment Facility to be built north of Winkler.
"We, as a community, have seen the value of doing things regionally," Winkler Mayor Martin Harder, noting the service agreement signed between Winkler and RM of Stanley last week was another step forward to benefiting the lives of residents in all three communities.
Harder explains wastewater capacity could limit future growth of the city, and so the project has become a top priority.
"It was a need for us as well," RM of Stanley Reeve Morris Olafson says.
The total cost of the facility is pegged at $46,700,000. The Province and the Federal Government is expected to chip in substantial funds towards the project.
While the costs are high, Olafson says it's an opportunity they couldn't pass up. "Without that cooperation between the feds, the province and between us [Stanley, Winkler, and Morden], this couldn't happen."
The new treatment facility will serve Winkler and the R.M of Stanley up to a future population of 28,800 in 2038. The ongoing operation and maintenance costs will be split between Winkler and Stanley.
Meanwhile, Morden is working on a decentralized treatment plant. The Morden Water Resource Recovery Facility could serve the community into 2045, sized for a population of approximately 24,000.
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