Backwater Valve Subsidy Program

Backwater valve subsidy program

Help to protect your home from a sewer line back-up by installing a backwater valve. Our Backwater Valve Subsidy offers financial assistance by providing up to $800 for interior or exterior backwater valve installation. Our program targets homeowners:

• Whose homes were built prior to 1989
• Who have had previous basement flooding from sanitary sewer backup
• Who live in areas of Edmonton with previous neighbourhood flooding

Program eligibility

To be eligible for the program, you must:

• Not have an existing backwater valve in your home
• Not have previously received a subsidy for the application address
• Have your home separately serviced (single family dwelling or duplex)
• Have a pre-approval consultation completed by EPCOR Flood Prevention

Application process

1. Get pre-approved

Before installing your backwater valve, our Flood Prevention Advisors must complete a pre-approval consultation. Once you get approval from the advisor at the time of the consultation, installation of a backwater valve can proceed.

To book a pre-approval consultation, call (780) 944-7777 or email floodprevention@epcor.com (our email and phones are monitored
Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm). Please include:

• Name
• Phone number
• Property address for backwater valve installation

2. Install the backwater valve within 6 months of our inspection

A professional plumber must install the backwater valve. Only the following valves will be subsidized:

• Fullport Backwater Valve
• FR-4 Fullport Retro Backwater Valve
• Adapt-a-Valve

3. Submit the application within 6 months of our inspection

You must submit the application within 6 months of the consultation or the installation will no longer qualify for the subsidy. The application must include:

• Proof of professional installation with an invoice that notes the model of valve installed; City of Edmonton Business License or GST number must be visible on the invoice
• Copy of City of Edmonton acceptable green sticker (see below) with permit number

Subsidy conditions

• The subsidy, up to $800, will be paid by cheque made payable to the applicant
• Subsidies are subject to available funding and are provided on a first-come, first-served basis. There are no guarantees to receive a subsidy