Huron Kinloss Council wants to install some special filters in a new drain that empties into Lake Huron.
Some people were concerned that a new municipal drain planned for the Bruce Beach area with larger pipes would increase the amount of nitrate-contaminated water making its way into the lake.
So Huron Kinloss Council has approved a proposal to install nitrate filters in the drain.
Mayor Mitch Twolan says the idea is to eliminate or at least mitigate the amount of nitrates flowing into the lake.
The township is working with Earth Sciences Professor Will Robertson at the University of Waterloo, who is a specialist in groundwater contamination.
Robertson has four other nitrate filtration systems along other tributaries in Huron Kinloss that have been operating for two or three years.
Twolan says they’ve helped lower the amount of nitrates flowing into the lake.
As for the cost, Twolan says it’s hard to tell right now how much that will be.
But, he does say the filters previously installed cost about four thousand dollars per system.
Councillor Anne Eadie says the township will be covering 80 to 90 per cent of the cost for the filters.
Professor Robertson will also have to perform some testing at the site before they can be installed.