People living along the LaHave River got their first official look into the program to replace straight pipes.
The Municipality of the District of Lunenburg held a meeting last week to lay out the plan to keep sewage out of the river and take questions.
Sarah Kucharski with MODL says signing on is easy.
“If the property does have an illegal straight pipe we’ll go through a series of steps. That involves arranging a site visit, conducting a site assessment, having a designer prepare a detailed design and then, of course, installing the approved system.”
Kucharski says the information was well received.
“So every system will be very personal to that piece of land and to that home owner. There is no set price, but we are going to work with vendors and suppliers to get the best price for each individual property.”
Pipe replacement costs will be split three ways between the homeowner, federal and provincial governments.
The municipality is offering seven year interest free loans to those that are interested.
Kucharski says the loan is attached to the home not to the individual resident and will be repaid along with your taxes.
She says five systems will be installed this year with the bulk of the installations set to get underway next year.
More information is available on the MODL web page.
