Operation and Maintenance of Private Wastewater Systems Workshop – Pilot Workshop Development

The average person puts 340 litres of sewage through a private sewage system (septic system) every day. For a family of four living in a two-bedroom house, that amounts to 1,360 litres per day and just under half a million litres per year. The last Alberta census shows that rural residential landowners represent 14% of Alberta’s population. The decisions of those acreage owners about how to manage and maintain their septic systems have the potential to have a significant cumulative effect on the Alberta landscape.

Amount Funded

$25,000

Year Funded

2014

Funding Priority

Land: Support sustainable land use planning and management.

Contributor

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Land Stewardship Centre of Canada

We work with people to help improve their understanding of healthy ecosystems, support grass-roots community stewardship efforts and encourage the development of practices and policies that support sustainable resource use.