Public Comment Period on Intent to Make a Determination
Design and Construction of Advanced Water Supply System (AWSS) Infrastructure - 5th Canadian Division Support Base (CDSB) Gagetown

June 4, 2025 — The Department of National Defence must decide whether the proposed project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this decision, the Department of National Defence is inviting comments from the public on the project and its potential effects on the environment. All comments received will be considered public. For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice on the Registry website.

Written comments must be submitted by June 23, 2025 to:

Sajjad Khan, Project Manager, Directorate Construction Project Delivery
Mailing Address:  Director General Infrastructure and Environment Engineering Services, 101 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
Ontario, Canada, K1A 0K2
E-mail:  Sajjad.khan@forces.gc.ca

The Proposed Project

The Department of National Defence (DND) is proposing a project. This project consists of demolition of an existing in-ground water reservoir and a concrete pad (approximately 200 square meters), design and construction of new warehouse building (87 feet by 40 feet) to house mobile water treatment plants, design and construction of new exterior concrete pad (82 feet by 55 feet) for the parked mobile water treatment trailers, design and construction of water intake structure and pumping station to take water from nearby Swan lake and design Construction of one in-ground water storage tank (40feet by 5feet by 5 feet) and two smaller above ground water storage tanks (5000 Liters each).