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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 CountyMiddlesex County and the City of Stratford.

How to apply

  • Contact the 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.

Grant Rates

Project categories

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

50 - 100 per cent up to $5,000

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:

50 - 70 per cent up to $2,000

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