Public Works Overview
Housing
We have 63 CMHC Housing units to manage along with 20 apartments and 5 other Band rental units. By year end of March/2008, arrears total to amount of $234,027.87, this is on housing, renovations and housing contributions only. In total there are 400 houses on M’Chigeeng First Nation.
M'Chigeeng Water Treatment Plant
Our water plant is first rate and our highly trained operators strive to provide our community with clean, safe and drinkable water.
M’Chigeeng’s water comes from the middle of “The Bay”; it is fed into the low lift station by gravity and is then pulled from the low lift to the Water Treatment Plant’s membrane filter chambers. Water is sucked through the membrane filters which remove floating particles (called turbidity) from the raw (untreated) water. The water is disinfected with sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) on it’s way to the below grade clearwell, unless the granular activated carbon filters are being used. In this case, the chlorine is added after this filter. The granular activated carbon filters are used twice a year, mainly in the spring and fall when lake turn over occurs, this is when taste and odour is a concern. The water is then sent back to the clearwell; where it is ready to be pumped up to the tower.
Tangible Capital Assets
The public sector accounting board's PS 3150 presents Canadian municipalities, including First Nations, with a significant change to accounting for Tangible Capital Assets. This new reporting standard will require First Nations to inventory, track and report on the value of their assets. Some of these include; Land, Buildings, Machinery & Equipment, Vehicles, Engineered Structures (Roads, Water Treatment).
