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Yorkton, Shellbrook and Big River among communities to receive federal/provincial funding for water supply and wastewater infrastructure projects

By Neil Billinger Oct 13, 2026 | 5:15 PM

The City of Yorkton will receive a large share of federal/provincial infrastructure funding for water supply and wastewater projects.

About half of the $73 million allocated under the program will go towards increasing Yorkton’s wastewater treatment capacity.

Nine other communities and municipalities also have projects approved. Each one will need to contribute money as well.

Big River will plan, design and construct new municipal water and sanitary sewer infrastructure. The total cost will be in the neighborhood of $3.7 million. Shellbrook will modernize its existing water treatment plant with a total cost of more than $14 million.

A full list of projects are below. The photo above was taken October 13th in Yorkton: (L-R): Buckley Belanger, Secretary of State for Rural Development; Lori Carr, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health; Aaron Kienle, Mayor of Yorkton; and David Chan, MLA for Yorkton.