LONDON, ONT. — The City of London, Ont. marked the completion of a $176-million long-term water infrastructure project in the city with a special event held earlier this month.
HELP (Huron-Elgin-London Project) Clean Water is a multi-year, multi-million-dollar regional infrastructure program designed to serve a population of more than 500,000 people in the region, a media statement said. The project entailed 14 years of planning, financing, construction and implementation and included 15 municipalities located between Lake Huron and Lake Erie in southwestern Ontario.
HELP Clean Water is comprised of eight project components that included upgrades to existing water treatment plants, the twinning of the main transmission pipelines, a pipeline monitoring system, a new reservoir and a pumping station in London.
The Southeast Pumping Station and Reservoir is the largest and most costly at a total cost of $55 million. The station will service growth areas of southeast London and enables deferral of future expansion of the Elgin Area Water Treatment Plant.
In 2008 the governments of Canada and Ontario approved matching funds of $50 million each in support of the project.
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