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Financial assistance is available to qualified landowners in the County of Brant to share the cost of selected best management practices that improve and protect ground and surface water quality. Please note an Environmental Farm Plan is required.
Grant rates under the Rural Water Quality Program may be adjusted if combined with other funding programs, for a total grant of 80% up to 100%.
The program is funded by the County of Brant.
How to apply
- Contact the Rural Water Quality Program staff at your local Conservation Authority:
- Grand River: 519-621-2763 ext. 2278 or ruralwater@grandriver.ca
- Long Point Region: 519-842-4242 or watercare@lprca.on.ca
- Staff will help you plan your project and guide you through the application process.
- A local review committee will evaluate your project on its potential to improve and protect water quality.
- After the committee approves your project, the work can begin. You will receive the grant payment once the project is complete and inspected by staff.
| Project Category | Grant Rate |
|---|---|
| Manure storage | 50 per cent up to $10,000 |
| Manure storage decommissioning | 50 per cent up to $3,000 |
| Clean water diversion | 50 per cent up to $4,500 |
| Dead stock composting | 50 per cent up to $4,000 |
| Exclusion fencing | 75 to 100 per cent up to $10,000 |
| Fuel storage | 70 per cent up to $2,000 |
| Fertilizer and/or chemical handling and storage | 50 per cent up to $2,000 |
| Erosion control structures (grassed waterways, water & sediment control basins, stream bank stabilization) | 75 per cent up to $10,000 |
| Machinery crossing improvements | 50 per cent up to $5,000 |
| Tree planting (stream buffers, fragile land retirement, field windbreaks) | 75 per cent up to $6,000 |
| Forest Management or Enhancement | 50 per cent up to $2,000 |
| Cover crops | Performance incentive of $60/acre up to 50 acres |
| Milkhouse/milking parlour washwater treatment and disposal | 50 per cent up to $5,000 |
| Living snow fences | 100 per cent up to $5,000 |
| Natural area restoration and creation | 75 per cent up to $6,000 |
| Nutrient Management Plans | 70 per cent up to $1,500 |
| Crop Nutrient Plans | 70 per cent up to $1,500 |
| Well decommissioning | 100 per cent up to $2,000 |
| Innovative technology | 50 per cent up to $10,000 |
