the pipeline on behalf of Millet. “In
2010 the Town of Millet approached
us about connecting their municipal-
ity to a reliable, treated water supply
from EPCOR,” says Smith. “The Town
obtained a water-for-life grant from
the province of Alberta to pay for 90
per cent of the cost of extending the
water supply to Millet.” To assist with
interim financing between when the
contractors had to be paid and when
grant money was received by the
Province, the CRSWSC then stepped
up to manage the project and utilize
its debt capacity to finance the
construction of the project until the
provincial grant dollars came in.
The Commission was also able to work
with its members in light of the provin-
cial funding to increase the benefit to
many of its members at the same time
it was providing a new water feed
to the Town of Millet. The CRSWSC
worked with the Town of Millet to
upsize the line in specific locations
to provide additional water supply to
existing members. This allowed the
City of Leduc and Leduc County to
contribute funds to oversize the line
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