Drainage

Drain Tenders

 Drainage Assessments

Municipal drains provide a legal outlet for surface and sub-surface waters. In return, landowners within the defined watershed pay for the ongoing maintenance of the drain.

Municipal drains are more common in agricultural areas of the Municipality, however there are municipal drains in urban areas that can be assessed for drainage repair and maintenance.

The amount assessed for drainage maintenance will be in direct proportion to the lands owned within the watershed, in accordance with the assessment schedule for the drain.

 Improvement of Existing Drain (Section 78)

Landowners can download one of the following forms, open in Adobe Reader, complete, and submit to the Drainage Supervisor via email attachment or by printing and dropping off at the Municipal Office, 199 Currie Road:

Notice of Request for Drain MAJOR Improvement Form 

Notice of Request for Drain MINOR Improvement Form 

These forms fall under Section 78 of the drainage Act, in regards to an existing drain that requires significant repairs that includes changing the original drain's infrastructure in a way that is different from the original engineered plans.

Examples include: changing the original course of a drain, making a new outlet for the whole or part of a drain, covering all or part of the drain, widening, lengthening or deepening a drain, etc.

These forms are no longer viewable in your web browser. If you require assistance with a form, please visit the Central Forms Repository on the Government of Ontario website for instructions on downloading forms or email the Drainage Supervisor:

Send an Email

 Maintenance and Repair (Section 74)

Landowners can download the following form, open in Adobe Reader, complete, and submit to the Drainage Supervisor by email or by printing and dropping off at the Municipal Office, 199 Currie Road:

Notice of Request for Drain Maintenance Form 

This form falls under Section 74 of the Drainage Act, which includes basic maintenance & repair work.

This can include work such as clean outs, removal of beavers/dams, repairing/replacing tile and generally repairing the existing drain in a way that does not detract from the drain's original design and construction.

This form in no longer viewable in your web browser. If you require assistance with this form, please visit the Central Forms Repository on the Government of Ontario website for instructions on downloading forms or email the Drainage Supervisor:

Send an Email

 New Drain (Section 4)

Landowners in an area requiring drainage can download the following form, open in Adobe Reader, complete, and submit it to the Drainage Supervisor by email or by printing and dropping off at the Municipal Office, 199 Currie Road:

Petition for Drainage Works by Owners Form

This form sets in motion a project to construct a new municipal drain.

This form is no longer viewable in your web browser. If you require assistance with this form, please visit the Central Forms Repository on the Government of Ontario website for instructions on downloading forms or email the Drainage Supervisor:

Send an Email

Municipal Drains Reports being considered by Council

Brown Municipal Drain:

• Report
• Drawings

 Other Drainage Information

• Top 10 Common Law Drainage Problems Between Rural Neighbours

• So, What’s a Municipal Drain?

• Duties of the Landowner Under the Drainage Act

• Municipal Drain and the Landowner

• Drainage Act Appeals

• Understanding Drainage Assessments 

• Drainage Conflict – Natural Watercourses 

• Drainage Legislation

 Tile Loans

Corrugated plastic tubing, clay and concrete drain tile are installed beneath the surface of agricultural land to drain excess water from the crop root zone.

The benefits of tile drainage for crop productivity, farm efficiency and even for reducing environmental impacts have been studied and are generally well known to farmers.

The Tile Drainage Act provides for loans to agricultural property owners to help finance these projects. A Tile Loan Program Fact Sheet and the Tile Loan Application Form are available through OMAFRA.