ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

Waste Disposal Services 

The R.M. of Fertile Valley No. 285 has an agreement with the Town of Outlook for RM ratepayers to haul their garbage to the Outlook Waste Disposal Site.  The ratepayer must provide their name and legal land location to the gate attendant where the load will be recorded and the RM invoiced for the fee.  The hours for the Waste Disposal Site are Tuesday to Saturday 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Green Single-Stream Recycling – Emterra Environmental – Conquest and Macrorie

The municipality shares the costs of single-stream recycling with the Village of Conquest for any R.M. of Fertile Valley No. 285 ratepayers.  For northern ratepayers, the green bins are located in the Village of Conquest between the Conquest Rink and Conquest School.  For southern ratepayers, the  municipality has green bins that are located in the Village of Macrorie.   Check for a list of accepted materials under Public Notice.

“Don’t sort them.  Don’t bag them.  Just empty them and toss them in loose.”

Pest Control Officer

The municipality participates in the Provincial Rat Eradication Program offered through SARM and contracts a Pest Control Officer to do a spring and fall inspection of all farm sites in the municipality.  Mouse and rat poison are available free of charge to our ratepayers.  Please contact the RM Office should you need the services of our Pest Control Officer or feel your property missed an inspection.

Beaver Control Program

The municipality participates in the Beaver Control Program offered through SARM.  Council authorizes individuals in the municipality to control problem beaver.  Should you have a problem, please contact the RM Office.

Municipal Wells –Non-Potable Water

The R.M. of Fertile Valley No. 285 at present has only non-potable wells for use by ratepayers.  The Big Valley Well located on the SW 01-27-09 W3 , the Ardath Well on NE 35-30-09 W3, the Denny Well on NW 09-29-09 W3. The Big Valley Well still requires quarterly reporting for coliforms, e-coli and nitrates.  Results are posted on the R.M. of Fertile Valley’s Facebook page. There are two other well sources for our ratepayers being the Harris Well on SE 03-31-11 W3 and Foster Well on NE 29-29-11 W3.   Testing bottles for the Provincial Lab are available at the RM Office.