Value
Varies. Program funding is determined each budget cycle.Description
The Water for Life Program, which launched in 2006, provides cost-shared funding to regional commissions or groups of 2 or more municipalities and consists of 2 funding streams:
Eligible Applicants
Funding under Water for Life is available to all regional commissions or groups of 2 or more municipalities (or eligible hamlets) that are eligible for funding under the Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership:
- regional commissions
- groups of 2 or more eligible municipalities (or eligible hamlets) which include:
- cities (under 45,000 population)
- towns
- villages
- summer villages
- rural municipalities
- Metis Settlements
- municipal partnerships
- public-private ventures
- municipalities with contracted services to privately owned utilities
Eligible Expenses
Eligible projects:
Water for Life funding is only available for new regional water or wastewater systems or extensions to existing regional water or wastewater systems.