In an update on Friday, the city pleaded with Calgarians that if consumption is not reduced, it would ‘run out of water’ before repairs are complete
Calgary banned outdoor water use and asked residents and businesses to cut use by a quarter while it repairs 21 pipe segments at eight work sites on the Bearspaw South Feeder Main.Calgary will run out of clean water by the end of September if residents in the city and neighbouring communities do not cut consumption while crews work to repair a crucial but troublesome pipe, officials warned Friday.
“If we continue at the current rate, we will run out of water before repairs are complete,” Mr. Thompson said at an update Friday afternoon. Calgary on Friday morning received 76 reports of people using outdoor sprinklers, according to Cheryl Townsend, Calgary’s inspector of community standards. This violates the outdoor water restrictions and the cases have a high likelihood of resulting in fines of $3,000 each, she said.
Calgary 311 this week received 278 calls related to misuse of water and 172 calls regarding water main leaks or breaks, water restrictions, water quality, water outage, water pressure issues and water construction inquiries. Ms. Townsend said 56 of the complaints were tied to commercial or industrial properties.
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