Calgary water emergency: Construction on hotspots continues on track

Рет қаралды 11,256

14 күн бұрын

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said on Thursday that construction on five hotspots on the water feeder main is continuing track, following its break.
“Crews continue to cut and remove segments of the pipe where the hotspots are, and that work is about halfway done," she told media.
Gondek also said sections of the pipe that have been treated are on standby and will be brought to the sites as needed.
Michael Thompson with the City of Calgary said the pipes shipped up from San Diego, Calif., are currently being sandblasted and coated.
Water use in the city continued to hold the line, but with a warm weekend ahead, Gondek said "it’s a good time to about ways to stay cool and save water."
It was also announced Thursday that members of Calgary’s construction community can access non-potable water from the Bow River at two sites in the city.
But Coby Duerr with the Calgary Emergency Management Agency reiterated that it was not safe for drinking and it was only to be used for commercial construction and landscape activities.
“The water is not currently available to the general public,” Duerr said.
For more info, please go to globalnews.ca/news/10577738/c...
Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: bit.ly/20fcXDc
Like Global News on Facebook HERE: bit.ly/255GMJQ
Follow Global News on X HERE: bit.ly/1Toz8mt
Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: bit.ly/2QZaZIB
#GlobalNews #calgary #water

Пікірлер: 115

@TheNooblebaker 13 күн бұрын

better not raise our water billl.... we paid for this over 30 years of taxes.

@sabagecabage7828 13 күн бұрын

Just.... what?

@Inakamo 12 күн бұрын

Or else what you gonna do huh??

@lovelighttheotherside1251 12 күн бұрын

I pay 200 a month for water!

@krisstarchuk 10 күн бұрын

O they will, and your property tax as well.. they will definitely take advantage of a good disaster and gaslight everyone every step of the way. This is what happens when people vote in a progressive socialist. This city is on its way to the San Fransisco hell hole version, and we get to pay for it

@laydlow87 13 күн бұрын

I know every city worker is very busy with the water main repair, just curious when the 4’ tall grass around the city will be cut?? Or should we just stop paying taxes seeing as nothing gets done in this city anymore 🤔

@sabagecabage7828 13 күн бұрын

Saw them cutting the grass today... no idea you comprehend the fact they are very busy. But still want routinely cut grass... ur aware it takes days not hour right?

@ye333 13 күн бұрын

@@sabagecabage7828 Everyone's aware of that. What some are not aware is that the city is there to serve, not the lecture or fine.

@Inakamo 12 күн бұрын

It’s okay just let the grass grow July 15 is start of winter anyways

@dmiller5765 13 күн бұрын

TY to the company that's helping our city. TY to the fire department for keeping all of us safe.

@jargin911 13 күн бұрын

That 10 mill she blew on a new slogan would come in handy right now hey.

@alexisvillaroman 13 күн бұрын

Why’s the mayor explaining? It’s engineering work.

@SuperHorse-kq5yx 13 күн бұрын

teamwork approach. part of the communications section of the Emergency Response.

@ye333 13 күн бұрын

I wonder if the mayor still thinks vehicles can go through that pipe. 😂

@GFRESH636 12 күн бұрын

Hopefully all the engineers and asset managers have been fired.

@zinquips2887 12 күн бұрын

These "authorities" told us. Don't drink the water or use it to cleanse yourself. They sound real smart. Apparently, water is not as necessary as I thought. We should all use Brawndo to bathe and grow crops. It has electrolytes!

@ye333 13 күн бұрын

Most important take-away: Canada is not broken yet. People still love the opportunity, natural or not, to sacrifice themselves as well as others.

@totalhorse6987 13 күн бұрын

Do not, my friends, become addicted to water. It will take hold of you, and you will resent its absence.

@GFRESH636 12 күн бұрын

I now identify as a camel

@krisstarchuk 13 күн бұрын

she sad one person saved 50 gallons. I got about 200 gallons into coolers and 4 rain barrels my plants are very thankful lol

@mikej238 12 күн бұрын

and you will save 6 bucks on your bill

@krisstarchuk 10 күн бұрын

@@mikej238 my bet they will just raise the prices saying we have to pay for mother natures rain and just raise the bill anyways. Won’t save a dollar probably cost me more. Wait till the raise property tax even more next year to pay for all the commie socialist programs and say it’s because of infer structure projects. Just gaslighting us all once again.

@DjWellDressedMan 13 күн бұрын

Rational, Educated and Responsive to the General Public: from Alberta?

@DashCamera 13 күн бұрын

Ask AUC, you will have a better understanding why power grid failure in the future won’t be surprised… don’t blame engineers, don’t blame inspectors…

@lionheart082766 12 күн бұрын

It would be good to distribute rain barrels to save that 50 gal for each residence. Maintenance to avoid Mosquito farms should be addressed as well. This is a water conservation process not a tax on consumers. There should be an infrastructure and or contingency budget for these instances

@zinquips2887 12 күн бұрын

Brawndo has what plants crave. It has electrolytes!

@erlandsonkim 13 күн бұрын

Not showering comment at 3:38 is helping, yet our Mayor Jyoti Gondek, her hair looks clean every day? :)

@garyhaggquist740 13 күн бұрын

Hair doesn't need washing everyday in order to look clean. There are ways of washing your hair without showering.

@Fadesign100 13 күн бұрын

I was just about to saw this.... Useless .... Time for a recall.

@MizrahiChick 13 күн бұрын

@@garyhaggquist740 Has she skipped her showers ? She hasn't said . Is she skipping laundry ? She has not said.

@garyhaggquist740 13 күн бұрын

@@MizrahiChick A recall for hair that looks too good? Ha ha ha! Conservatives need to stop with the misogynistic attacks on female politicians. Misogyny is a human rights violation.

@garyhaggquist740 13 күн бұрын

@@Fadesign100 A recall for hair that looks too good? Ha ha ha!

@mikefiell8103 12 күн бұрын

Hmm I wonder if road contractors or city road repair crews in the past. Did not have the critical information of what lies beneath their job sites? Using heavy compactor equipment above the failed pipe?

@chowmarina008 13 күн бұрын

So if its july 5, thars 16 more days. Im hanging onto july 5. I feel alot better now that there is a deadline date.

@charlesward9486 12 күн бұрын

Just use what you need! No one is going to stop you!

@anthonyhulse1248 12 күн бұрын

@@charlesward9486unless we run out of

@liamwuthrich9174 13 күн бұрын

hi my brother is afected when will he be able too have drinking water and living condishines.

@zomgoose 13 күн бұрын

What city does he live in?

@miliesoloud 12 күн бұрын

Where’s nenshi

@user-bx4fz7ys2i 13 күн бұрын

Yeah go to movies and flush toilets there?! Wth!

@lollol-xz3jx 13 күн бұрын

thats not what she meant, watch the video again

@theylied1776 13 күн бұрын

Help me understand this, I'm an American. Is Calgary having a problem paying for the water project? Because if I'm not mistaken the previous premiere of Alberta gave TransCanada $2 billion to build an oil pipeline to the US border. And then the XL Pipeline was canceled.

@tysons9222 13 күн бұрын

you must be american because your completely mistaken we don’t drink oil in Canada in fact we don’t use the same pipes for oil and water but I wouldn’t expect you to understand that

@danperry6217 13 күн бұрын

Your right they lied

@theylied1776 13 күн бұрын

@@tysons9222You must be slow. My point is that your premiere handed over $2 billion to TransCanada for a pipeline to nowhere. But yet Calgary seems to be having a problem with a water pipeline that should have been replaced years ago.

@rogergiddy2634 13 күн бұрын

@@theylied1776 It's a 100 year pipe that's 50 years into it's life, replaced years ago ? you must be slow!

@theylied1776 13 күн бұрын

@@rogergiddy2634 Then why did your mayor at her last press conference say that it should have been replaced years ago but they couldn't get funding. So they have to replace it when it fails? You might want to go back and watch her first press conference.

@lanaharper3187 11 күн бұрын

Hi😂, i don't have shower for every 3 days, after running and working out. I also ignored the uncomfortable feeling and my long hair messed. I hope, bill this month is low as award for making every drop count.

@FilmersBlockEnt 13 күн бұрын

shoulder epaulettes are rainbow, It's going to be a no for me, dawg.

@zinquips2887 12 күн бұрын

Isn't it ironic that the hygiene recommendations from this speech nearly duplicate the commercial for the Joker's Brand New Product! Smylex!

@tobiasfrost86 12 күн бұрын

The bias bylaw officers should be checking out gondek's place she seems to be very clean

@zinquips2887 12 күн бұрын

Next time you want to make money and stay cool, don't be stupid, just fly your private jet to Davos and purchase shares in Berkshire Hathaway.

@lovelighttheotherside1251 12 күн бұрын

Maybe she shouldn’t have taking that trip to Hollywood, for her and her family. We wouldn’t need emergency fun’s

@Doh_Doh_Bird_Herder 13 күн бұрын

Why do you keep pumping out propaganda! Just fix the pipe!

@lollol-xz3jx 13 күн бұрын

did you watch the video? thats what they are doing right now but sadly construction isnt instant.... hope this helps!

@charlesward9486 12 күн бұрын

It's all she can do!

@zinquips2887 12 күн бұрын

Brawndo is The Thirst Mutilator!

@charlesward9486 12 күн бұрын

What's the big deal? We haven't adjusted our water consumption and everything's fine! Lawn is looking good, trucks are washed and clean. We pay for what we use!

@kathy618 13 күн бұрын

They really don't like answering questions directly, do they? SMH

@zinquips2887 12 күн бұрын

The next time I have an extra $1,000 of disposable income, which will be never according to this fiscal plan, I will make a down payment on the insurance to Geico (Berkshire Hathaway) for an imaginary Tesla, and 2 weeks of energy payments to Berkshire Hathaway (that's because the richest private company in the world also owns our power grid), and I will drive it "to check out a movie in the theatre, or maybe go hang out at the mall". In this imaginary world of someone else paying all my bills, I will also visit my imaginary basement to cool off.

@rajspec 12 күн бұрын

BTW, How much did your pearls necklace cost?

@anthonyhulse1248 12 күн бұрын

Jealous? Maybe they are fake.

@rajspec 12 күн бұрын

@@anthonyhulse1248 I am a man 😂

@corvette2007 12 күн бұрын

These updates are about as useful as the Mayor.

@kenclements3001 12 күн бұрын

LOL....starting off the press conference trying to speak native language is cheesy, stupid and typical of the type of person now running most of Canada's cities. I bet the native bands are really impressed with her doing this.

@zinquips2887 12 күн бұрын

Don't use Brand X! With Joker Brand, you'll get a grin, again, and again!!!

@mikej238 12 күн бұрын

Emough with the rainbow crap. Fix the damn pipes

@DashCamera 12 күн бұрын

Politicians know which one to get more votes than the other.. so be it It’s “alternative math” 2+2 =22 should be acceptable answer

@charlesward9486 12 күн бұрын

It's the rainbow crap that put Calgary in that situation!

@johnwang9914 12 күн бұрын

Normally, when your district is on a boil water alert and you have to pick up potable water from the water wagons, you would receive passes to use the showers at the City's recreational centers which are now closed. Really, the pools recycle their water through filters with only a little make up water so closing the pools doesn't really make sense and seems to just be cosmetic to convince people who would otherwise point ignorant fingers and cry "What about them...". The showers at the recreational systems do use fresh water but it would still be conserving compared to home use plus not every pass will get used and if used will probably be used less frequently due to the inconvenience. Closing the recreational centres just seems counter productive to me. There actually are showers that filter and reuse their water but those systems are very expensive so I don't think recycling showers would ever be invested in unless a company makes their systems affordable but hotels have used such systems successfully albeit not very many of hotels have done so.

@captain7492 12 күн бұрын

This is inacceptable

@patrickbureau1402 12 күн бұрын

Omg - COUZINZ - WE ALL preyed TOO much for WATER! TROPICAL STORM ' ALBERT OOOH ' made landfall in texas !🇨🇦

@zinquips2887 12 күн бұрын

Why was the basic infrastructure of Calgary sold to Berkshire Hathaway for pennies on the dollar? Who profited?

@josephsmith594 12 күн бұрын

What happened to Danielle Smith? What, she doesn’t deal with actual real things?

@mikej238 12 күн бұрын

Since when is she the mayor of Calgary? Water infrastructure is a municipal jurisdiction in Canada. If our mayor can't deal with it she should quit.

@charlesward9486 12 күн бұрын

This is a Gondek problem! The crooked faced mayor has to deal with it!

@tobiasfrost86 12 күн бұрын

Gondek didn't think about maintenance so it's all on her

@josephsmith594 12 күн бұрын

@@mikej238 It’s a massive disaster and the premier hasn’t said a single word. You don’t think that’s not a little weird? Any other province you can bet the leader of the province would be involved. Funny you don’t see anything wrong with that and just see this as an opportunity to criticize the mayor. I guess you just answered the question.

@anthonyhulse1248 12 күн бұрын

@@josephsmith594except she has spoken.

@stevec2890 12 күн бұрын

They're all clowns

@garyhaggquist740 13 күн бұрын

Great leadership by Mayor Gondek during this trying time for Calgary! A good time to mention that conservatives need to stop with the misogynistic attacks on female politicians. Misogyny is a human rights violation.

@sabagecabage7828 13 күн бұрын

To bad the citizens don't feel the same way...

@garyhaggquist740 13 күн бұрын

@@sabagecabage7828 Nah, the vast majority of citizens do not support misogyny. They care about how their mothers, sisters, aunts, and grandmothers are treated.

@mikej238 12 күн бұрын

male or female.. WORST MAYOR EVER!

@garyhaggquist740 12 күн бұрын

@@mikej238 The pathetic attempt to recall (remove) mayor Gondek was a complete failure. Clearly your views are shared by a small minority of Calgarians.