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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:
  • 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

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