Water Plant Construction Program Sample Clauses

Water Plant Construction Program. In 1978, the Quebec Cabinet determined that the needs of northern villages with respect to sanitation and other infrastructures should be identified and short-term solutions proposed. This mandate was given to the Secrétariat des affaires gouvernementales en milieu amérindien et inuit [SAGMAI]. which became in 1987 the Secrétariat aux affaires autochtones [SAA]. In November 1979, the Cabinet approved the resulting report, known as the Xxxxxxxxx Report after its main author. The Xxxxxxxxx Report included several recommendations to remedy the dismal sanitary conditions that prevailed in northern villages. In most of the communities, water was then pumped directly from a river or a lake with a cistern-truck or a track vehicle called a “Muskeg” and distributed to each house. There were serious risks of contamination at every step of the process. Also, difficulties arose in winter when a different source of water further away from the community had to be used because the summer source had frozen over. The population was growing rapidly and so was the demand for safe drinking water. The water plant construction program became a major component of the Northern Municipal Infrastructure Improvement Program (1981-1997) which stemmed from the Xxxxxxxxx Report. The main objectives of the water plant construction program were the following: • insure the year-around availability of drinking water; • reduce the health risks from pathogenic microorganisms; • meet the growing demand of communities for water; • provide an emergency water reserve for fire fighting purposes; • improve the efficiency of the delivery system by minimizing commuting time for water trucks.