The town of Maple Creek is thrilled with a recent funding announcement made by the provincial and federal government.

They could receive up to just shy $4 millions to upgrade the town's about a half-century old wastewater treatment plant.

Maple Creek Mayor Michelle McKenzie said the project will see the town switch from a lagoon system to a SARG system.

"Last year we were notified through the environment that we were not compliant because we actually discharge into fish-borne waters," she said.

The town will be on the hook for just under $2 million, something the town is trying to figure out how to fund.

"We need to take a look at how we're going to do this and pay it back slowly," she said. "We're going to borrow the money and it will be a longer-term loan. Hopefully, it's not just a burden on our taxpayers. We have to sit down and look at ways to recoup the fees to be able to pay for that $1.9 million."

One way the town said they could get some of the money back is generating more revenue from resident's water bills.

The hope for the project is to break ground later this fall and for the project to be completed by the end of 2020.

"I would like to thank both levels of the government because our little town would not have ever been able to afford to be able to build a $6 million upgrade to wastewater plant," McKenzie said.