Begin with your Nation
Understand priorities, local conditions, and the people and protocols your Nation identifies.
Five Nations Water Project
Five Nations.
Generations of impact.
Your Nation. Your priorities. Our work together.
An invitation to explore community-directed water infrastructure.
The Five Nations Water Project invites up to five First Nations to explore drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, supported by a long-term utility relationship.
Every Nation has its own water needs, history, culture, and priorities. Our work begins with understanding what matters to your community.
Start a project conversationLet’s discuss your priorities
- Long-term or recurring drinking water advisories
- Aging, insufficient, or unreliable infrastructure
- Drinking water or wastewater treatment capacity
- Community growth and future service needs
- Operating demands and long-term planning
Infrastructure & operations
Beyond the build.
A lasting relationship.
NTN’s approach connects infrastructure development with utility operations for or with your Nation through a Utility Operation Agreement. Each potential project needs its own scope, financial arrangements, and agreed responsibilities.
Explore a practical pathway
Review current systems, available studies, technical partners, and infrastructure and operating needs.
Define the relationship
Develop project scope and operating arrangements with clear responsibilities, reporting, and next steps.
Seven-generation stewardship
Honouring those before us.
Building for those to come.
Leadership, operators, community members, Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and youth can contribute in the ways the Nation considers appropriate.
Source water, wastewater, the working life of infrastructure, and future community growth all belong in the conversation. Technology selection follows an understanding of community needs and operating conditions.
An introductory conversation helps determine potential fit. Participation and project scope depend on assessment and agreements with each Nation.
Questions before we begin
A clear place to start.
Who is invited to connect?
First Nations with drinking water, wastewater, infrastructure, reliability, or capacity challenges. An active advisory is not required. Leadership, infrastructure teams, operators, and economic development organizations may identify a preferred contact.
What is NTN’s proposed role?
NTN proposes to develop infrastructure and act as the utility for or with the Nation through a Utility Operation Agreement. Scope and responsibilities are developed through project discussions and agreement.
How are costs, financing, and ownership addressed?
These matters are discussed confidentially and agreed for each potential project. Ownership arrangements, financial commitments, and operating obligations must be set out in the relevant agreements.
Can we involve our existing engineering team?
Yes. Tell us about preferred engineering partners and any existing or planned feasibility studies so they can inform the discussion.
What should we share at the first conversation?
Your Nation’s name, preferred contact, main water or wastewater priorities, and whether existing studies or technical partners should be involved. Detailed records can be discussed through an agreed channel.
Let’s begin with a conversation