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Financial assistance may be available to qualified landowners in Dufferin County to share the cost of selected best management practices that improve and protect ground and surface water quality. 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 per cent to 100 per cent.
The program is funded by Dufferin County.
Contact the Rural Water Quality Program staff at 519-621-2763 x2242 or ruralwater@grandriver.ca.
Project Categories | Grant Rates |
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Clean water diversion | 50 per cent up to $3,000 |
Exclusion fencing | 70 - 100 per cent up to $5,000 |
Cover crops | Performance incentive of $40 per acre for up to $1,600 |
Erosion control structures | 50 per cent up to $5,000 |
Nutrient management plans | 75 - 100 per cent up to $2,000 |
Crop nutrient plans | 75 per cent up to $2,000 |
Machinery crossing improvements | 50 per cent up to $3,000 |
Tree planting | 75 per cent up to $5,000 |
Living snow fence (available to eligible properties) | 100 per cent up to $5,000. Performance incentive of $450 per acre for years 1 to 3 and $200 per year for years 4 to 10. |
Wetland creation | 50 per cent up to $5,000 |
Well decommissioning | 100 per cent up to $1,000 |
Wellhead protection | 80 per cent up to $1,000 |