Sustainable Agri-Processing: Water Use Efficiency
$50,000.00
Grant
Description:
The Water Use Efficiency funding stream supports projects that will contribute to the reduction in the amount of water used by agri-processors in their production and/or sanitation processes, to the treatment of wastewater prior to being disposed or returned to the municipal system, or to the recovery of nutrients from wastewater.
Comments on Funding:
April 17, 2025
Eligibility:
Applicants must:
1. agri-food processors
2. agri-product processors
3. licensed commercial kitchens
4. Indigenous Government/Indigenous individuals, businesses, communities, and organizations, other Indigenous groups undertaking agricultural initiatives
5. wholesalers (food, ingredients)
6. abattoirs
Application Steps:
Applicants must:
1. Download the Application Form from the website; https://www.manitoba.ca/scap/climatechange/sustainableagri-pro.html.
2. sent the Applicant Information Forms, Application Worksheets and all other required documentation can be to Manitoba Agriculture at agriculture@gov.mb.ca.
3. comply with all provincial and federal government laws and regulations
applicable to their project and to their business or organization’s operations.
4. Applicants must also accept and agree to all of the terms and conditions of the program.
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must submit:
1. Project description
2. Project deliverables and outcomes
3. Capital and financial capacity
4. Management capacity
5. Completion of Environmental Metrics tables
Reduction in the waste of agricultural inputs
6. Reduction of water used and disposed
7. Reduction of waste sent to landfills or disposed on farmland
8. Volume of organic materials used as fuel and corresponding KWh of energy
created
9. Volume of water cleaned
10. Weight of effluent removed from waste water
11. Greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction
Other Things to Note:
About the author
Maurice
