Widewater /Wagner/Nine Mile Point Private Sewer Installations

1. Widewater/Wagner/Nine Mile Point Private Sewer Installations Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124

2. The Final LINK • The installations of grinder pumps and lines from residences on private property to M.D. collection lines is the final link in finishing a project commenced in 2004. • This is the final stage of a $21.3 million project to bring rural sewage collection and treatment to the Southshorecommunities of Canyon Creek, Widewater, Wagner and Nine Mile Point

3. Areas Serviced

4. Where Are We At? • The Municipal District is in the final stages of completing the collector lines and service connections (CCs) to hamlet lots. This work will be completed by July. • The Municipal District has tendered to secure a contractor to do the private property installations for homeowners and plans to award the tender by June 15, 2010. • The Municipal District is currently reviewing the tenders received.

5. The schedule • The project is anticipated to start on July 5th with completion by September 2011. • Minimum expectations were identified in the tender with respect to completing the services in Widewater/Wagner/Nine Mile Point so works are finished by September 2011

6. Construction Schedule • 25 installations by August 15, 2010 in western Widewater • 90 installations by November 15, 2010 in central Widewater to 2nd Street. • 135 installations by September 2011 from 2nd Street in Widewater, through Wagner, to Nine Mile Point (and beyond) • Upon award, the contractor may give the M.D. a revised schedule that may result in work being completed sooner.

7. Onsite Property Cost • Upon tender award, specific property cost estimates can be prepared. • We will provide you with this estimate once known. • However, a projection might look like this.

8. Estimated Average Homeowner Cost

9. What Does the Service Look Like?

10. How Does the System Work Anyway? • Wastewater from your residence flows by gravity into the installed tank. • At a certain capacity in the tank, the grinder pump sends your wastewater to the M.D. collector line. • The wastewater moves under low pressure to the lift station by the Widewater Fire Hall. • The lift station then pushes this wastewater at a higher pressure to the Canyon Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility for treatment and return to the environment.

11. Financing the Installation • Like the residents in Canyon Creek who installed services on their property previously, the Municipal District, through its financier, the Alberta Capital Finance Authority will provide Widewater/Wagner/Nine Mile Point residents with favorable, set rate financing over twenty years. • Currently these rates are 4.586% but the rates in effect are those when the M.D. secures the money.

12. Not Using the Endorsed Contractor • To be consistent with the financing offered to those previously, if you choose to use a contractor other than the endorsed contractor of the M.D., the installation cost is ineligible for financing. • One exception to this is for additional electrical costs by your own electrician – if you choose to use your own electrician.

13. I Don’t Want This System • If your property is serviceable by this wastewater system, you are required to hook-up to it under M.D. legislation (Bylaw 2003-08).

14. Exceptions for Mandatory Hook-up • There are two exceptions to hook-up that have been historically honoured during this project: • Properties that do not have municipal water service (though they are permitted to hook-up) • Properties with new, nonfailing, systems with approved Building Codes Permits – have been allowed to operate for 5 years from the date of installation approval.

15. Economic Hardship • The Municipal District has the means to address, in strict confidence, cases where a citizen may simply not be able to afford the cost of the system, even with financing. • Public health and the environment is the priority.

16. What is the Game Plan? • The M.D. will award the private installations contract by June 15, 2010 • Eligible residents will be sent a letter that: • Provides an initial estimate based on contracted costs of the M.D. endorsed contractor • Asks if they want to use the M.D. endorsed contractor or their own contractor/self • Asks if they want to take advantage of financing offered by the Municipal District

17. Then What? • Assuming you want the endorsed contractor, a final estimate will be prepared as their may be some adjustments you want addressed with respect to your property (different siting than proposed). • Note: The costs associated with your installation are your costs. Modifications may increase your costs. • Upon installation completion, M.D. staff will verify the installation and commission it in service.

18. Payment & Repayment Agreements • Assuming you want to take advantage of M.D. financing: • An agreement will be prepared based on the final estimate subject to adjustment to actual costs. • The agreement shall be executed prior to any construction taking place by the contractor. • If you are not using a repayment agreement, but using the endorsed contractor, you will have to pay the cost upfront.

19. Warranty, Parts, & Repairs • The warranty is one year from the date your system is commissioned. • Currently the M.D. has parts in stock but it is working with local vendors/plumbers to service the market. • One local company has been qualified to service the grinder pumps and it is suspected others will follow suit.

20. What About My Old Septic System? • It can be decommissioned if you wish as you won’t have a need for it. • It can remain as there is an option in the contract to install a valve to change from your existing system to your new system. • You may want to do a final pump out of your existing tank.

21. Technical & Other Questions • M.D. Council, staff and representative(s) from the M.D.’s project engineering firm are here to answer your questions.