The wastewater treatment plant in St. Paul, Alberta was completed last month with the assistance received from the federal Gas Tax Fund. The fund provided $180,000 for the upgrade. The project focused on the installation of another wastewater fine screening unit that would effectively prevent rags, paper, plastic and other non-biodegradable solids from getting mixed into the treatment systems. As a result, the treated wastewater effluent that would flow through the Upper Therien Lake will only have a minimal effect on the water.
Member of Parliament for Westlock-St. Paul, Brian Storseth , said in a statement that proper management of wastewater is important both for those who live in St. Paul as well as for the health of the rivers, streams and lakes in Alberta. He added that the federal Gas Tax Fund provides municipalities the long-term infrastructure funding they need for wastewater projects. His views were seconded by St. Paul Mayor Glenn Andersen who said that the upgrade for their wastewater treatment infrastructure was made possible through the capital obtained from the fund.
So far, Alberta has received annual funding of $199,503,000 geared for municipal infrastructure from the federal Gas Tax Fund. For its part, St. Paul’s total Gas Tax Fund allocation from 2006 to 2014 has reached about $1.9 million.
The renewed federal Gas Tax Fund is part of the New Building Canada Plan. It seeks to give municipalities in Canada long-term and predictable funding for local public infrastructure such as public transit, wastewater infrastructure, drinking water, solid waste management, community energy systems, local roads and bridges and capacity building.
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