City crews repair a major water main in Calgary on Friday, June 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Calgarians are on track to be free of water restrictions ahead of the upcoming Easter weekend.
Michael Thompson, Calgary’s general manager of infrastructure services, says repairs on an ailing water main are in the final stages, allowing restrictions to be lifted as early as Thursday.
Crews have been working to reinforce nine sections of the Bearspaw South Feeder Main, which forced earlier rounds of restrictions after it ruptured in June 2024 and again in late December.
For the last three weeks, residents have been asked to take shorter showers, and reduce toilet flushes, laundry and dish loads.
“Because the existing pipe is terminally ill, there’s increased risk of another breaking during pressure changes in the pipe,” Thompson told reporters Monday.
“The pipe can break without warning. We will be living with the risk that this existing pipe can break at any time.”
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