Clean Water Project

The Clean Water Project (CWP) is a rural water quality initiative that provides technical and financial assistance to improve and protect water quality on your farm.

Local municipalities together with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs are offering cost-sharing grants to qualified landowners for best management practices that improve ground and surface water quality.  Financial assistance ranges from 50% to 70%, depending on the project.  Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) incentives cannot be used as matching dollars for a project.

Who Is Eligible
Farmers with land in Middlesex, Oxford or Perth Counties, the Cities of London or Stratford, or the Town of St. Marys may apply for funding.
Eligible Projects Grant Rate Maximum Grant
Milkhouse Washwater Disposal  50% $5,000
Manure Spreading Equipment Modification 70% $7,500
Clean Water Diversion   50% $10,000
Livestock Access Restriction to Watercourses *
* Livestock access restriction materials may be eligible for additional funding if installed by the landowner.

 70%* $5000
Nutrient Management Plans  70%  $500
Wellhead Protection 50% $500
Decommissioning Unused Wells 70% $500
Fertilizer, Chemical and Fuel Storage or Handling 50% $1,000
Septic Systems  50% $6,500
Cropland Plans  70%  $500
Erosion Control Structures  50%  $10,000
Fragile Land Retirement  70%  $6,000
List of Partners

The Clean Water Project is a rural water quality initiative of the Counties of Middlesex, Oxford and Perth, the Cities of London and Stratford, the Town of St. Marys, and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, to cost-share the implementation of best management practices on agricultural lands.

The following partners have been involved  in developing the Clean Water Project:

County of Middlesex
County of Oxford
County of Perth
City of London
Town of St. Marys
City of Stratford
Ausable Bayfield CA
Catfish Creek CA
Grand River CA
Kettle Creek CA
Long Point Region CA
Lower Thames Valley CA
Maitland Valley CA
St. Clair Region CA
Upper Thames River CA
Oxford Federation of Agriculture
Middlesex Federation of Agriculture Perth Federation of Agriculture
Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario
Environmental Farm Plan Contacts:
County of Middlesex: Margaret May, 519-287-5334
County of Oxford: Leigh Cohoe, 519-424-9156
County of Perth: Mary McIntosh, 519-393-6232

Conservation Authority Contacts:
Ausable Bayfield CA  519-235-2610
Catfish Creek CA  519-773-9037
Grand River CA  519-621-2761
Kettle Creek CA 519-631-1270
Long Point Region CA  519-428-4623
Lower Thames Valley CA 519-354-7310
Maitland Valley CA  519-335-3557
St. Clair Region CA 519-245-3710
Upper Thames River CA 519-451-2800

For more information contact your local Conservation Authority.
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