CALGARY — Calgary's mayor is sticking to opening day of the Stampede as a best-case scenario for the full resumption of water services in the city.
CALGARY — Calgary's mayor is sticking to opening day of the Stampede as a best-case scenario for the full resumption of water services in the city.
But Jyoti Gondek warns that unforeseen problems could delay repairs to a catastrophic water main break that has forced citywide use restrictions for more than two weeks. Gondek says the Stampede rodeo and fair, which starts July 5, is still in talks with neighbouring communities about trucking in water for both crowds and animals at the event.
Meanwhile, she says, three sections of new pipe are ready to be installed to replace sections where inspections had revealed weaknesses.Gondek says Calgarians continue to conserve drinking water and are on their fifth straight day of using less than the city is able to make."We have to be prepared that a potential site may require a bit more repair than we had expected, or that water testing is going to take a little bit longer.Calgary, a city of 1.
All outdoor watering is banned and people have been urged to reduce toilet flushes, take shorter showers and do fewer loads of laundry and dishes.
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