Chair's Corner

With climate change causing more frequent and severe weather, it’s important to ensure your home is prepared.

Our Enhanced Basement Flooding Prevention Subsidy Program makes it easier and more affordable to protect your home from basement flooding and get access to licensed professionals.

Apply today to get help with the cost of:

• Downspout Disconnection: 100 per cent of all eligible costs to disconnect your downspouts from the weeping tile, up to a maximum of $500.
• Weeping Tile Disconnection and Sump Pump Installation: 100 per cent of the combined eligible costs to disconnect weeping tiles and install a sump pump, up to a maximum of $5,000.
• Backwater Valve Installation: 50 per cent of the eligible costs to install a backwater valve inside your home, up to a maximum of $675.
• Sewer Lateral (pipe) Lining and Repair: 50 per cent of the eligible costs to repair or line your sewer lateral (pipe), up to a maximum of $2,000.

Here are a few other steps you can take to protect your property:

• Grade your yard so it slopes away from your home.
• Ensure eavestroughs and downspouts are clear of debris so they can drain properly.
• Install weather protection sealant around basement windows and the base of ground-level doors.

To learn more, please visit the Enhanced Basement Flooding Prevention Subsidy Program page. By working together to ensure our homes and communities are resilient to a changing climate, we are keeping Halton a great place to live, work, raise a family and retire.