Nearly one-quarter of drinking water pipes in Canada’s largest cities are near the end of their useful life according to a city infrastructure analysis by The Globe
As Alberta scorches under the extreme heat that has enveloped the province and much of Western Canada , Calgary Stampeders are left sweating under their cowboy hats.
But up until last week, that was a bit of luxury in Alberta’s biggest city. It’s been barely a week since Calgarians were finally able to freely turn on their taps at home to enjoy what most of the country takes for granted. They examined Canada’s big-city water systems and found that good data about this crucial asset was both incomplete and inconsistent. What was clear through surveying the country’s 10 largest cities and analyzing data from Statistics Canada was that municipalities are falling behind on maintaining and replacing infrastructure.
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