Niverville Town Council has passed a resolution to conduct a lagoon feasibility study as they look to make long-term plans for sewage management.

Mayor Myron Dyck says the Niverville lagoon is currently serving the community well but town council wants to stay ahead of the curve.

"When we look at how a community grows, you want to have the studies done in advance of when they are needed. We know that our lagoon has the capacity for ‘X’ number of residents but what you want to do is have a study to say so when Niverville gets to 7,500 residents or 10, do we have the capacity for that? Do we need additional capacity?"

Dyck says the study will also outline a range of future options including a standard lagoon expansion, mechanized waste water treatment, and a wetlands wastewater treatment approach similar to how they are currently cleaning up the old lagoon site.

"We are looking to continue to develop the wetlands on the remediation side but we are using the science that we see there with different plants and we are seeing other municipalities together with the province doing these tertiary type of project. If we can find the necessary land that would have cat tails or if we have to do additional plantings, that is something that hopefully the study will let us know."

Dyck says the study will cost a maximum of $75,000 and that cost will be shared evenly with the province.