Small Village Water and Wastewater Servicing

1. Water and Wastewater Servicing
Innovation
Mike Dwyer, CAO, TWP Rideau Lakes
Teeny Tiny Summit
June 28 & 29

2. Leap of faith.
The problem is complex.
We can do something different.

5. Teeny Tiny Places are not pigs and
turds!

6. We are missing the forest through the
trees.
How things look matters!
How things work matters!
Services shape how things look and work.

11. historic facades removed
lower density
larger yards/frontage gaps
Does not support a walkable core with
a positive ‘enclosed’ aesthetic - an
ingredient in a strong ‘Main St.’ sense
of place.

12. ‘great places’ support tourism
generate attachment/meaning
return visitors/becoming a ‘destination’
‘great places’ support quality of life for
residents

13. Second-storey apartments
Variety of non-residential offerings
Patios and courtyards, rear parking,
delivery and loading, alley access etc.

14. Services support community flexibility
and adaptability
Keeping up with market trends and
demands

15. We need to think differently about
how we sustainably address servicing
in small villages.

16. We have 200 plus years of history in many
villages.
Our collective social investment and the
value villages offer cannot be abandoned.
Think - rural Ontario in the next 100 years
How do we sustainably grow/remain
viable?