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Financial assistance may be available to qualified landowners in Oxford 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 Clean Water Program may be adjusted if combined with other funding programs for a total grant of up to 70 per cent.
The program is funded by Oxford county, Middlesex County and the City of Stratford.
How to apply
Contact the program staff at your local conservation authority.
- Grand River: 519-621-2761 or ruralwater@grandriver.ca.
- Long Point Region: 519-842-4242 Ext. 236 or watercare@lprca.on.ca
- Upper Thames River: 519-451-2800 Ext. 251
A conservation specialist will help you plan your project and complete your application.
A committee will evaluate your project on its potential to improve and protect water quality.
Upon approval by the committee, you can proceed with the project. You will receive payment for the project after completion and inspection by staff.
Grant rates
- Milkhouse washwater disposal: 50 per cent up to $2,000
- Clean water diversion: 50 per cent up to $3,000
- Livestock access restriction to watercourses: up to $5,000
- 50 per cent of the cost of an installed fence
- 100 per cent of the cost of materials for a self-installed fence
- Nutrient management plans: 50 per cent up to $500
- Wellhead protection: 50 per cent up to 500
- Well decommissioning: 50 per cent up to 500
- Fertilizer, chemical and fuel storage or handling: 50 per cent up to $500
- Septic systems: 50 per cent up to $4,000
- Erosion control structures: 50 per cent up to $3,000
- Fragile land retirement: 50 per cent up to $2,000
- Woodlands conservation/enhancement: up to $2,000
- 50 per cent for general woodlands
- 70 per cent for woodlands identified as significant in the Oxford Natural Heritage Study
