The Government of Nunavut Department of Community and Government Services, on behalf of the Municipality of Grise Fiord, is applying to amend water licence 3BM-GRI2025 to replace the existing water supply infrastructure and increase the maximum annual water withdrawal volume to meet the needs of the growing population. A design for the new water supply infrastructure is complete and the municipal council of Grise Fiord has passed a motion approving the construction and responsibility for operations and maintenance as owners of the facility at construction completion.The new water supply facility will be located entirely on municipal lands. The facility will consist of a treatment building, three water storage tanks and water will be transported from Airport River using an intake centrifugal pump and 300 m of flexible overland hose, where it then drops into a chamber and enters a buried pipeline that extends another 300 m to the treatment building.Grise Fiord must fill storage tanks each summer to maintain water supply to the community throughout the year. The water source will remain the same for the new facility. An increase in water withdrawal is being requested because the new system will have an additional tank to provide the community with redundancy should a tank fail in the future. The new water storage capacity would be 13,200 cubic metres of water between three tanks. The seasonal overland flexible piping for water withdrawal will be stored once the water resupply is complete each year.Civil works for the site is anticipated to start summer 2026 and the tanks and water treatment building will be connected on site during summer 2027. Final commissioning of the plant is expected either by summer 2027 or summer 2028. Construction materials and any hazardous wastes will be transported in and out of the community by sealift.