Okotok town in Canada seeks additional funds to build water pipeline

The town of Okotoks in Alberta, Canada, has applied for $36m in financial assistance under Alberta’s Water for Life programme.

Both Calgary Regional Partnership and the town council have endorsed the proposal.

If approved, the funds will meet 90% of the estimated cost of construction for the water pipeline, which will run from Calgary to Okotoks.

Expected to be completed by 2018, the water pipeline project will involve an investment of $40m.

The Canadian town has sought additional finance to build the project as it can’t fund it on its own, according to Calgary Herald.

With 26,300 residents, Okotok presently draws water from the Sheep River and has sufficient supply for 30,000 people.

Restrictions for water licensing in the Bow River Basin forced the town to look for another option.