CALGARY — The City of Calgary says a panel will review why a massive water main ruptured two weeks ago, while experts say the extended water conservation crisis should be a nationwide wake-up call.
David Duckworth, Calgary's chief administrative officer, says the panel of academics and industry experts will study the water main break and suggest changes to prevent future disruptions.
All outdoor watering is banned, while Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek has been holding daily news conferences urging residents to reduce toilet flushes, take shorter showers, do fewer loads of laundry and dishes, and even collect rainwater in kiddie pools to water their gardens until repairs are complete.
The city has handed out warnings and tickets for outdoor watering. It has also fielded complaints about why residents must go without while golf course owners get to water greens and city crews are still spraying trees. Kerry Black, a civil engineering professor at the University of Calgary, said questions residents are asking and the way the city has gone over the recommended water use on some days is an eye-opener.
Black and Matti Siemiatycki, director of the Infrastructure Institute at the University of Toronto, said Calgary’s crisis is also a reminder of the tightrope cities walk with aging infrastructure.
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