The City of Morden staff and Morden City Council have been working diligently on solving the issues surrounding Morden’s lagoon capacity. Our mayor, council, and staff will continue to work with the Minister of Sustainable development and as a city we are working on meeting the requirements they have set out for Morden which currently includes a third-party review of the design work Morden has submitted for the regional Wastewater Treatment Facility.
The city has arranged funding through the Manitoba Water Services Board to perform a third-party engineering review of the Wastewater Treatment Facility design. The review is expected to be complete by October 2020. If any changes to the design are required, once they are addressed the project will be eligible for funding through ICIP.
While long-term solutions are being developed in partnership with the Province of Manitoba and our neighbouring communities Morden continues to have immediate needs at the local level that need to be addressed. To this end the city has engaged Stantec Consulting to assess the feasibility of a lagoon expansion option. This report is expected by the end of September 2020.
The City of Morden is working diligently to resolve the lagoon and Wastewater Treatment Facility issues to ensure that Morden can continue its trajectory of growth and that development can continue in our city. This is of the utmost importance to the short and long-term health of Morden and our staff and council are working very hard to ensure that Morden can continue to grow and thrive.
