I used to have a 600 gallon rain barrel for all my garden watering needs. I never watered grass , funny enough if you dont water it it grows better because the roots go deeper into our garbage clay soil open up waterways and dont need watering.

they dont ususally break in summer, in winter it usually happens after a large temp change, 40 years installing and repairing them for the City of Ottawa via various contractors... so maybe people should be talking about that.... why it broke, was it newly installed ???

@@larrymacdonald4241 Anything can break, and im certain that the powers that be will be looking for exactly why this one broke. , things like this can and do happen so lets get it fixed figure out what went wrong and move on.

@@davebloggs No. Nobody’s going to spend time on a water main after the repair is made. The people doing the repairs, and maybe their supervisors, are the only ones who will ever know why the pipe broke open. *If* they discover an engineering flaw in the road or pipe, they’ll correspond with the department in charge of that road or fix it all themselves. After that, a single sheet of paper will remember some of it for them in a dusty binder, never to be read again. I do that job for a living now, but in a different city. Seminars and other meetups show the same patterns I see across most municipalities. Money’s tight, pipelines break especially if they’re old, and bureaucracy exists only to expand bureaucracy.

@@WisdomThumbs If its anything like the sidewalk on 4th street underpass at 9th that took years to complete, this repair should last a year or two.

Almost none of them use the potable city water

@@thomasgallant4315 I guess the city of Calgary only truly knows where the golf courses get their water supply

And please don't flush the toilet because you just took one pee. I would shower and wash dishes very late in the evening or very early in the morning when water demand is low.

It's a red flag, but nothing more. Wearing the flag doesn't mean she personally endorses it, only that she's unwilling to quit a job that forces her to wear it for one month a year ("I can work my way to the top and change this from within" is a noble, if often misguided goal). Wearing rainbow earrings, on the other hand, is a stronger red flag... But still only a red flag, because anthropology can show several good explanations for why that particular lady wore the earrings, and several glaringly nasty reasons, all of which *are only possibilities until you ascertain the truth.* For example, the earrings might signify a reluctant support for a family member/child (unwilling but forced). It might instead show a slimy manipulation tactic to bring about more complicity from their "subjects"). Those are the two extreme examples, but anthropology tells us they're not the only possible reasons. Worth looking into. Which of these people are ruthless bureaucrats who exist only to perpetuate bureaucracy, with all the charisma to get it done? Which of these people are iron-willed hard workers who are trying to pick their battles in an effort to win their war? And which iron-willed hard workers are actually looking out for the ETHICAL good of their city, versus a pure financial good? Are any of them just trying to improve their institution's reputation? *All that is to say, I agree with you.* However, I work for a city and am ex-trans, now Christian conservative. I know how many layers this topic has, and am slowly learning how carefully one has to investigate everything to be a righteous judge, and my late brother commanded me to live up to this gamertag.

The rainbows have nothing to do with this bro

@@WisdomThumbsJeez, and I thought I psychoanalyzed too much.

Cultural Marxism indoctrination in full effect

how did you get so smart I could have never seen these people wanting more and more

Ask that during the election

Maybe you are being disgraceful by trying to cause discord and division during an emergency.

@@davidk2906 What's disgraceful is public servants picking and choosing what political causes to push on their uniform. They should be 100% impartial as they serve the entire public. No rainbow pride, no thin blue line, no find Jesus pins. Nothing. If they want to be activists for a cause they can do so on their own time.

@@canadianguy1955you won't find a single Christian who won't scream and cry and mown and wail if you banned them from wearing Jesus pins or crosses or anything

Perhaps, but hopefully not!! Yikes!

Yes conservatives are unfathomably incompetent

Yes, you are, but you're not the story here.

with this corrupt bunch, they'll RAISE our taxes to "pay for this emergency" (and some nice new cars for the politicians!)

Ok good luck doing it yourself.

might want to break out the kettle(s)

Time for some bird baths

They are taking responsibility to fix it. Which is there job.

Turn your caps off.

The hell you talking about, there's no issue with budget for the fixing of the pipe as it was already pre allocated for emergencies, its not a simple fix lmao, the break is big enough for a car to drive through. Holy hell people are dumb.

Considering this pipe and infrastructure design was done before Ralph Klein was mayor - there is a long history of mayor's and counsels that failed to upgrade this infrastructure. If Gondek had made a decision and investment to upgrade this infrastructure in the time since she was elected the work would start approximately 10 years from now. Sorry she does not really have much blame on this issue despite the hatefull rhetoric you would like to believe.

@@GetMeOuttaHere-fp7ce & then tossed in the slammer, for misappropriation of funds.

@@5353Jumper of course she doesn't, Lieberal trash never does. But you need a new arena right. 🤡🌍

@@dyllanweich I'm talking about 🤡like you. Thanks for showing up. Enjoy that arena Gondummy doesn't need.

You didn't listen, did you...I'm not even from Calgary, and I understand what happened...

Its a feed pipe to reservoirs that contain high pressure water, big enough to drive a car through, its not a simple fix, the fix is gonna take a while, its not some tiny pipe to fix.

This isn't a water main break. This is a feeder main break. A single pipe that carries 60% of calgary's water. Carries it to the regional feeders, to the regional reservoirs, then to the neighborhood feeders - THEN to water mains. Seriously, a pipe which is around 30' diameter. Not the little 6" pipe that runs down your street.

Should have stockpilled barrels of water for garden use. Also, consider substituting of your lawn and replace it with ground cover plants. You can save thousands of dollars if you make your backyard low maintenance.

A water main is a water main, it does not matter what it feeds and they rarely break in summer, usually winter during large temp changes, I've done water mains for over 40 years, including Hyprecon....