Calgary water emergency: Officials “confident” repairs finished by July 5

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9 күн бұрын

Calgary officials provided an update on the water emergency Wednesday, saying that regular water supply will likely be restored on the earlier end of the timeline estimate - in about three weeks rather than five.
Michael Thompson, general manager of infrastructure services, said the repairs on the five hot spots are continuing quickly. He said construction is ongoing 24/7 at two locations.
Thompson said all the damaged pipes are now exposed and the precise locations identified. The next steps will be cutting the damaged sections of pipe and readying them for removal.
The two sections of specialized water pipe that arrived from San Diego are being treated at a local fabrication shop.
The initial timeline for a return to normal water service was three to five weeks. That includes repairing the five hot spots, executing feeder main flushing and testing, getting the pipe ready for network flow, restoring the city water and returning the system to normal service.
Thompson said Wednesday the repair estimate is now “on the lower end,” closer to three weeks.
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Пікірлер: 34

@evesampson2369 7 күн бұрын

Calgarians are resilient. We got through the 100-year flood. We'll get through this as well.

@vancouverviking4652 3 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@iancheng6527 7 күн бұрын

Step down.

@patricksinotte5015 7 күн бұрын

Don't put a brick in your toilet tank. That's an idiotic suggestion.

@ohrlingdonald1881 7 күн бұрын

We need a new maypr

@justicetrufaux6722 6 күн бұрын

3-5 days has become 3-5 weeks? So, September…. When will they cancel Stampede? Seems unwise to bring in a million more people during a state of emergency, no?

@christopherblack4520 7 күн бұрын

Fixed by July 5th first day of the Calgary stampede. Lucky this happened this year with good Elbow flow and not in winter.

@johnwang9914 7 күн бұрын

What's with this Elbow flow, the Glenmore treatment plant treats water from the Glenmore Reservoir , granted the Glenmore Reservoir is filled by the Elbow but at this time of the year since 2013, we have been keeping the level low in the reservoir because of spring rains and spring runoff. The bottleneck is that the Glenmore water plant was for when Calgary only had 40% of our current population not the flow of the Elbow.

@christopherblack4520 7 күн бұрын

@@johnwang9914 You cannot take more water going into Glenmore than coming in. The flow is low August on, very low flow in winter. Last year restrictions was due to low flow. Instead of reducing by 25% we would be lucky if we could use 25%.

@johnwang9914 6 күн бұрын

@@christopherblack4520 Actually, you can take more than is fed in for a while, all that happens is the levels drop. That's the whole purpose of a reservoir so you could temporarily draw more than goes in. The same is true of the district reservoirs whose levels the city is asking us to go easy on as the flow into them is now only 80% of the average that they need. The district reservoirs exist so that the feeder lines need not meet peak demand but can make up for the peaks overnight when people aren't using as much water. Large lake reservoirs like Glenmore Landing are designed to weather droughts which Alberta has been in for decades, also Lake Mead has been suffering from higher draws than what comes in for several decades now as well. The whole point of a reservoir is so you can't draw more than flows in.

@christopherblack4520 6 күн бұрын

@@johnwang9914 Calgary had restrictions last year due to the flow rate. What I'm saying is we would be much worse off if it happened last year during restrictions. Even this year the City was talking about the limit for outdoor watering. Calgary and the area have to wake up that we have a water problem which will get worse as the population grows. We cannot drain the reservoir then look stupid when there is no water.

@chriscomchi4042 7 күн бұрын

Oh this will be interesting… social media department left comments on…. Grabs the popcorn

@patryot5668 7 күн бұрын

need to see actual videos of this before I buy it

@user-kt5sq6eh2p 7 күн бұрын

I bet the water will be shut off again as soon as stampede is over for more “repairs”. See you next Tuesday!

@ohrlingdonald1881 7 күн бұрын

tired of seeing this cu next Tuesday mayor

@thelmavillaruz2009 4 күн бұрын

God bless that our lord will intervene with your water prolem

@johnwang9914 7 күн бұрын

To use the pool water from the recreational centres requires trucking that water around, couldn't water just be trucked from the Bearspaw treatment plant itself or was it necessary to have shut down that plant... If it had to be shutdown then wouldn't that mean any overland temporary pipes require a restart of the plant hence greatly complicating such plans. It seems that some of these measures are just cosmetic because the ignorant would be upset if they thought someone else was allowed to use water when they are asked to reduce their consumption.

@tyuen569 7 күн бұрын

I can soon help them to answer those questions. Please try your best to wash a full loads of clothes, reduce your shower time by 25%....

@johnwang9914 7 күн бұрын

It is a bit sad that the same message must be repeated or people will just ease off their conservation efforts and if course they are struggling to add new information with each announcement so the announcements don't seem stale.

@justicetrufaux6722 6 күн бұрын

No violet?