CALGARY — City officials are weighing options to strengthen a key water main for the long term -- including building a new one -- after a June rupture forced Calgarians to cut their water use and further inspection found more weaknesses.
Earlier this week, Mayor Jyoti Gondek announced that an analysis had found 16 trouble spots on the more than 10-kilometre pipe in northwest Calgary. She said it must be shut down starting Aug. 26 for about a month so it can be dug up and reinforced with concrete in those areas.
"Engineering teams are also looking at constructing a new replacement pipe alongside the existing one." "Redundancy is important as it allows us to take the existing feeder main out of service while limiting the impacts to Calgarians and our customers," he told the news conference. The renewed restrictions are not expected to affect businesses like pet groomers and salons that rely on indoor water use, and Gondek said city officials are working with business that rely on outdoor water to find ways for them to keep operating.
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