The Grand River Conservation Authority has approved a 2024 budget that calls for spending more than $37 million.
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The budget was approved at a meeting of the conservation authority’s board on Friday (Feb. 23). The money will be spent on a range of programs including water quality management and flood and erosion prevention.
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The board includes representatives from the 26 municipalities in the Grand River watershed.
Collectively, the municipalities contribute about $13.3 million or about 36 per cent of the conservation authority’s budget.
Brantford will contribute just over $987,000 to the conservation authority this year, up from just over $959,000 in 2023.
Brant County’s share of the municipal contribution meanwhile, will increase to $395,639 this year from $378,509 in 2023. Norfolk County’s share will remain at just under $31,000.
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The GRCA expects to generate about $18 million or 49 per cent of its budget through a range of sources including camping fees, conservation area admissions, outdoor environmental education programs among others.
A further nine per cent or about $3.4 million will come from other government federal, provincial and municipal grants with the balance coming from GRCA reserves.
The conservation authority’s budget for water management includes expenditures for the upgrade and maintenance of water monitoring and gauge equipment for water quality and flood forecasting and warning programs.
The GRCA is also planning major maintenance and repairs to dams and dikes throughout the watershed.
Based in Cambridge, the GRCA manages water and other natural resources on behalf of the nearly one million residents who live in the Grand River watershed.
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