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OSWCA Leadership Role Helps Spur New Infrastructure Funding Introducing the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF) his summer OSWCA released As an association, we are pleased our landmark study, “Bringing that the three levels of government are sustainability to Ontario’s working together to help develop and “In addition to water systems” a retrospective construct “community capital projects providing our of where we were twenty five that address immediate drinking water, Tyears ago, as compared to where we are wastewater and stormwater needs that today. This timely study and its recom- will also foster economic growth and communities mendations call for enhanced and sus- support a cleaner and healthier environ- tained investment in infrastructure that ment for communities.” with safe, clean as all OSWCA members are well aware, “is too often out of sight and out of mind.” REALIZE YOUR POTENTIAL drinking water As an Association, we should be proud In addition to providing our com- that our study helped to persuade the munities with safe, clean drinking water and safe sewage provincial government to participate in and safe sewage treatments, the influx the recently announced Clean Water and of funding will help our members to treatments, the Wastewater Fund (CWWF). fully realize their potential in terms of In addition, the study has helped me expanding their businesses to meet this influx of funding to fulfill my promise to get back to our infrastructure demand. Association’s roots of increasing the level That allows our OSWCA members to will help our of awareness of water and sewage infra- contribute to the Industry Fund which structure issues. The province’s partici- helps us with advocacy and keeping the members to pation is first hand proof of OSWCA’s Association and our industry strong. In success in achieving this outcome. turn, this protects our communities’ fully realize their health and the environment. GOALS OF THE CWWF As a reminder: the CWWF timelines potential in terms As stated in the program material, the are tight, so it’s important as a sector “CWWF is designed to accelerate short- we move quickly to access this fund- of expanding term community investments, while ing. As the official material states, supporting the rehabilitation and mod- “projects must be complete with all their businesses ernization of drinking water, wastewater costs incurred prior to March 31, 2018. and storm water infrastructure, and the Where need is demonstrated, up to to meet this planning and design of future facilities 25 percent of costs can extend beyond and upgrades to existing systems.” March 31, 2018.” infrastructure It is our understanding that CWWF is not As always, if you have any comments a competitive process. Each municipality about issues that affect our indus- demand.” has been assigned a maximum allocation try, feel free to contact me directly at amount and may submit a project list for a [email protected] total funding request equal to that amount. OSWCA works! ■ The Undergrounder / Winter 2017 • 7 Industry Leaders in Utility Asset Damage Prevention With access to over 700 staff, OEC specializes in Look to OEC for Asset Management: protecting your assets. 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Box 1338 Burlington, ON L7R 4L9 8 •631400_Trenchless.indd The Undergrounder / Winter 2017 1 3/22/13 4:48 PM Message from Giovanni Cautillo, OSWCA Executive Director Call to Action: Encourage Your Municipal Clients to Take Advantage of the Clean Water and Wastewater Fund (CWWF)! n September a bilateral agreement bring to our municipalities, our society was completed that will make more and our members. than $1.1 billion in combined fund- ing available under the Clean Water WE ARE ON THE RADAR and Wastewater Fund (CWWF). OSWCA would like to thank the IThis is good news for our members – Ministers, and their staffs, of all levels of “The people of long awaited news – but there is a government for their foresight in making caveat. There is a deadline as to when the funds available and ensuring water Ontario deserve the funds must be spent. The capital and wastewater are part of their long-term works component of the projects must infrastructure plans. to know they be completed by March 31, 2018. As Mr. Chiarelli, Ontario Minister of Capital works are required as part of Infrastructure says, “The people of Ontario have clean water, every project and may include preced- deserve to know they have clean water, ing engineering stages, such as feasibil- clean lakes and rivers, and water manage- clean lakes and ity studies and detailed design work. ment systems they can trust each and every Regardless, the capital works must be day. The Clean Water and Wastewater Fund rivers, and water completed by March 31, 2018. will help maintain that trust by investing That’s why my message in this issue in municipalities. This announcement management of The Undergrounder is really a “call to today is an excellent example of the great action” to our members. This is a once in things we can accomplish when all three systems they can a generation opportunity.