Indigenous Services Canada helps First Nation communities build and retain the capacity to operate, service and maintain their water and wastewater systems.
The Circuit Rider Training Program is a long-term capacity building program that provides training and mentoring services to operators of First Nations drinking water systems and wastewater systems. Qualified experts rotate through a circuit of First Nations communities, training the people responsible for operating, monitoring and maintaining drinking water and wastewater systems. These experts assist First Nations operators in obtaining and maintaining their certification and may also provide advice to chiefs and councils on how to develop and maintain their own safe water systems.
The program supports First Nations in:
- developing and maintaining capacity to manage systems
- increasing reliability of systems
- ensuring efficient operation
- ensuring standards for health and safety
- decreasing the number and duration of drinking water advisories
- maximizing the use of existing infrastructure
- providing 24-hour access to qualified experts in case of emergencies.There are no deadlines for this program, First Nation access it any time,
