The Town of Taber received a $5,000 grant from Fortis Alberta's Save Energy Grant to upgrade the lighting in our Taber Police Service Building. As this building is in use 24/7, an upgrade such as this will help us lessen our energy usage. The upgrade to the lighting is estimated to save around 55,000 kWh per year (which would be approximately $6,900 in savings).

The Town of Taber gratefully acknowledges the support of Fortis Alberta for their grant.

How will our infrastructure fare during a storm surge or drought? Is the Town well-prepared to mitigate the effects of the same? Well, thanks to the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre's Climate Resilience Capacity Building Program, we now know. The MCCAC’s funding of $25,400 allowed the Town to undertake a resilience assessment to determine how well-placed Taber is to conserve water during a drought or our capacity to handle a storm surge of water.

The assessment revealed Taber is prepared to handle well over 10,000 cubic metres of water during a storm surge (much like the downpour we all experienced during Cornfest in 2022). Our wastewater system is equipped with expanses of sanitary lines, stormwater ponds, and other critical infrastructure that is able to store large quantities of water that arrives all at once. Having these in place helps reduce the potential of flooding during a storm surge, making our community more resilient in the face of changing climate patterns and stronger storms.

But it’s not just for storms- the assessment also inspected our drought readiness to see how well we would be set up to control potable water reserves and conservation of water. With our current storage capacity and plans in place to restrict water usage if an extended drought occurred, the assessment demonstrated we can also handle a lack of water as opposed to a surge of water.

The Town gratefully acknowledges the MCCAC for their funding and support for this project.

The Town of Taber gratefully acknowledges the following for their funding towards our East Constructed Wetlands:

• Government of Canada: Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program ($2,960,000)
• Government of Alberta: Alberta Community Resilience Program ($3,228,870)
• Government of Canada's Federal Gas Tax Fund ($429,000)
• Alberta Environment and Parks ($90,000)

The Town of Taber received a $5,000 grant from Fortis Alberta as part of the Fortis Save Energy Grant program to install LED lighting in our Public Works Shop. Thanks to Fortis' support, the new lighting should reduce the consumption in the Public Works building by 24,000 kWh per year or 20 tonnes of CO2. That's a net savings of $1,225 from the utility bill per year! Thank you to Fortis for your generous support of our project!

The Town of Taber is impacting for future population growth, and proactively protecting the potable water from coagulation and corrosion. Enhanced coagulation can be expected to achieve the following goals:

• Control of residual aluminum with the GCDWQ operation guidance level;
• Stabilization of finished water to avoid corrosion in the treated water distribution system;
• Further reduction of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) and finished water turbidity; and
• Improved plant efficiency and extended water filtration run times.

The project is possible through grant funding from the Government of Canada's Investing in Canada: Green Infrastructure Project grant. To learn more, click the image below:

The 2020 LED lighting retrofit project in our Aquafun Centre and Taber Community Centre were funded in part thanks to the following:

• Farm Credit Canada's Agrispirit Grant
• Municipal Climate Change Action Centre (MCCAC)