Michipicoten First Nation Water Treatment Plan Upgrades

Michipicoten First Nation's goal is to update their water treatment infrastructure to ensure sustainable and reliable water supply for the growing community, as referenced in the completed Registry project review #90200 with support from Infrastructure Canada.

Indigenous Services Canada is now being requested to support additional costs to complete the project based on Class 'A' cost estimates. 

The existing water treatment plant was constructed in 1997 using Lake Superior as the raw water source. The treatment system consists of a single-train conventional treatment unit with coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation, and the plant uses chlorine for disinfection. Water is stored in a below-ground concrete reservoir which has one reservoir chamber and two pump chambers for the distribution pumps. 

Critical upgrades include expansion of the existing building and below-ground reservoir, providing a two-treatment train system with primary UV disinfection, new chemical feed system, new electrical service and panels, new HVAC system, new generator and new distribution pumping system capable of achieving fire flow demands, plus installing a new intake screen that complies with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans requirements.

The successful completion of this project will expand and upgrade the existing water treatment plant to ensure treatment redundancy requirements are met. The design and construction will provide potable water for the projected Year 20 Community population and the upgraded system will comply with all current Federal and Provincial drinking water regulations.

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Latest update

November 6, 2026 – Indigenous Services Canada intends to make a determination regarding whether the carrying out of the project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects. To help inform this determination, Indigenous Services Canada is inviting public comments until December 7, 2026 respecting the determination.

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Key documents

Key documents
Document number Document title File Date
1 Notice of Intent to Make a Determination – Start of Public Comment Period - November 6, 2026

Contacts

Indigenous Services Canada
MaryJane Moses, Environment Officer
101-100 Anemki Place
Fort William First Nation ON P7J 1A5
Telephone: 873-452-2426
Email: maryjane.moses@sac-isc.gc.ca


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  • Location

    • Michipicoten First Nation (Ontario)

  • Nature of activity

    • Water Management

  • Assessment status

    In progress

  • Start date

    2026-11-06

  • Proponent

    Michipicoten First Nation

  • Authorities

    • Indigenous Services Canada

  • Assessment type

    Project on federal lands

  • Reference number

    90882

Nearby assessments

...within 200 kilometres
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