De l’eau dans ta gourde (Water in your bottle)

Last updated February 28, 2024
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This project calls for the installation of water dispensers in several boroughs to facilitate access to drinking water. It was one of the winning projects in the first edition of the city’s participatory budget.

Description

More than 125 water fountains and filling stations for reusable water bottles will be added in high-traffic but poorly served locations.

This project will be implemented in six boroughs, with a total budget of $2.7 million.

Benefits

  • Offer improved access to drinking water in public spaces.
  • Curb the use of single-use water bottles.

Progress update

Learn about the details of the project in each borough:

Under development

Installation of 11 drinking  fountains in several parks across the borough.

  • Locations:
    • Parc Martin-Luther-King - Completed in 2023
    • Parc Trenholme - Completed in 2023
    • Parc Van-Horne - Completed in 2023
    • Parc Notre-Dame-de-Grâce - Completed in 2023
    • Parc Paul-Doyon - Completed in 2023
    • Parc de la Confédération - Completed in 2023
    • Corner of Prud’homme-Maisonneuve - Construction in 2024
  • Budget: $500,000 
  • Delivery date: 2023 and 2024

Partially completed

  • Location:
    • Parc Eugène-Dostie
    • Parc Joseph-Avila-Proulx
    • Parc Du Verger
    • Parc Robert-Sauvé
    • Parc Jacques-Cardinal
    • Cégep Gérald-Godin
    • Gazebo at the entrance of the Island (rue Cherrier)
  • Budget: $390,000 
  • Delivery date: 2023 and 2024

Partially completed

Replacement of 30 drinking fountains in several parks and public spaces in the borough.

  • Location: 28 parks and public locations
  • Budget: $650,000 
  • Delivery date: Between 2023 and 2026 (12 drinking fountains completed in 2023)

Partially completed

Installation of 30 drinking fountains in several parks and public spaces and in municipal buildings.

  • Location: Under planning
  • Budget: $500,000 
  • Delivery date: Fall 2023 and fall 2024

Partially completed

Installation of 13 new fountains, addition of filling stations at 10 existing drinking fountains, and replacement of 23 existing drinking fountains in several parks, public spaces and municipal buildings in the borough.

  • Locations: 
    • Place des générations
    • Bibliothèque de Saint-Léonard
    • Borough hall
    • Maison Joseph-Gagnon
    • Parc Luigi-Pirandello
    • Parc Coubertin
    • Parc Delorme
    • Parc Pie-XII
    • Parc Hébert
    • Parc Ladauversière and Pavillon Hexagonal
    • Parc Giuseppe-Garibaldi
    • Parc Ferland
    • Basket Jean-Paul
    • New mini-park at the corner of Rue Jarry and Rue Madère
    • Stade Hébert
    • Parc Ermanno-La Riccia
    • Parc Wilfrid-Bastien
    • Terrain sportif Laurier Macdonald
    • Aréna Roberto-Luongo
    • Aréna Martin-Brodeur
  • Budget: $450,000 
  • Delivery date: Fall 2023

Partially completed

Installation of nine drinking fountains in high-traffic areas frequented by pedestrians and cyclists.

  • Locations:
    • Parc Percy-Walters - Completed in 2023
    • Parc Thomas-Vallin - Completed in 2023
    • Place Emmett-Johns - Completed in 2023
    • Square Viger (dans le parc à chiens) - Completed in 2023
    • Parc Berthier - Completed in 2023
    • Place Norman-Bethune
    • Parc Jos-Montferrand
    • Parc Sun-Yat-Sen
    • Rue du Square-Amherst
  • Budget: $234,000 
  • Delivery date: Summer/fall 2023  (5 drinking fountains) and spring 2024 (4 drinking fountains)

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