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Projects program, the Government of Canada goal is for the entire project to be finished and

and the Government of Saskatchewan are each operational by late 2020.

contributing more than $6.7 million toward the
project. The Town of Lumsden is responsible for the “It’s more or less on time,” says Phillips. “Anything

remaining costs. that has slowed us down has been around the time
it took for the detailed design. It’s a complicated

“We are very grateful to Canada and Saskatchewan process for a very small plant. The engineers were

for their funding assistance,” says Phillips. challenged with trying to scale down what would
In anticipation of the project, the town began adding normally be a process in a really large plant to a

a $40 surcharge to residents’ bills four or five years plant for the size of our community. It’s getting done
ago. That charge will stay in place as the town works and it’s getting done well.”

to cover the remaining costs.

“Once construction started it’s been going pretty
Stantec Consulting Ltd. completed the design for steady, and if anything’s not, they’ve had the

the new facility in 2018. The preparation of the site flexibility to switch over to working on something

began that fall, and Graham Construction broke different,” Phillips adds. “We’re not done yet, but the
ground on the project in the spring of 2019. The idea would be for this project to be completed by

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