Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek issued a stern warning to residents on Thursday morning about curbing their water use, saying consumption levels have continued to creep up over the past several days.
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says the city is seeing a "steady and concerning trend" of increased water use over the past few days and urged residents to stay the course and keep saving water until services are fully restored.
According to the city, the daily threshold water usage to maintain critical services like firefighting and hospitals is 480 million litres. "There is then testing of the water and stabilizing the pipe to get it back up to the pressure it needs to be."Gondek said the repaving work is mostly complete and roads have been cleared to reopen on Friday.
Rainfall warnings are in effect for western Alberta from Grande Prairie south through Rocky Mountain House and down toward Canmore.Southern Alberta farmers feeling optimistic about crop conditionsIn light of the ongoing water main repair in Calgary, Lethbridge city council was provided an update on the city's pipe infrastructure and discussed if there's any potential for a similar catastrophic break.
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