The Township of Centre Wellington is undertaking its first Water and Wastewater Servicing Master Plan. The main objectives of this plan is to provide the Township with an understanding of how the existing water and wastewater networks are functioning, identify current and future capacity constraints, evaluate opportunities to increase system capacity and inform short and long-range planning to maintain or improve levels of service and accommodate future growth in the Township.
Public Information Centre (PIC) #1
The Township hosted the first Public Information Centre on May 30th at the CW Community Sportsplex as part of the Key Township Projects Open House. If you missed the meeting, the display boards can be found to the right of this page under the Document Library.
The Process
Our study is following the requirements of Phases 1 & 2 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (MCEA) in accordance with Approach #1 of the Master Plan Process described in the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment by the Municipal Engineers Association. When we are complete, after our Master Plan is reviewed by the community and approved by the Township Council, we will have evaluated and prioritized several Class EA projects and developed an implementation strategy.
The Notice of Commencement is included in the documents section of this page for some additional information.
What’s involved in the Master Plan
The Master Plan will review and summarize all water and wastewater system background information and capture any gaps in existing information. The information will be analyzed to define current levels of service for customers. From this data, system models will be created and calibrated to determine future requirements and establish design criteria to accommodate planned population and employment growth. Preliminary alternative solutions will be provided for areas shown to have deficiencies. In consultation with members of the public, external agencies, and Indigenous Communities, a preferred water and wastewater servicing strategy will be selected.
To establish a preferred alternative the project team will assess the potential impacts of each alternative identified. This may be an iterative evaluation process including refinement of the preferred alternatives, new options and combinations as they arise. Once a preferred strategy is established, a project Implementation Plan will be prepared.
Consultation Plan
A key component of the MCEA process is consultation with members of the public, external agencies, and Indigenous Communities. The following consultation activities are being carried out as part of this Master Plan process:
- Creation of a webpage on connectCW.ca providing project details, notices, technical resources and updates;
- Two (2) Online Public Information Centres (PIC) are planned throughout the project to present key aspects of the process and obtain public input. Details of the PICs will be advertised in the Wellington Advertiser and on connectCW.ca closer to the date;
- Updates to Township Council at key project decision points and milestones; and, Advertisement of all project notices in the Wellington Advertiser.
Project Contacts
If you have any questions or comments regarding the study, or wish to be added to the project contact list to receive notices, please contact a member of the project team:
| Ryan Maiden, P.Eng. Water and Wastewater Capital Manager | Dania Chehab, P.Eng., M.Eng. Project Manager |
