The Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) has called on Canada’s federal government to establish a fund to help municipalities fix their leaky pipes and crumbling sewers.
A video released by the labor-management alliance outlines the tremendous cost to Ontario municipalities from leaking or broken water main transmission pipes and deteriorating sewer, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure and how fixing the infrastructure can save municipalities tremendous amounts of money.
“Municipal water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure is often out of sight and out of mind for people — until there’s a problem, that is,” says Nadia Todorova, executive director of RCCAO. “A burst water main or sewage overflow quickly reminds us of how dependent we are on these critical systems. We must ensure that these systems are kept in a state of good repair.”
Specifically, RCCAO is calling for a municipal water, wastewater and stormwater