Residents of Calgary and nearby communities, who have been free of water restrictions for nearly five months, may face another temporary limit on use next month.
Mayor Jeromy Farkas said the Bearspaw feeder main will be shut down for less than a week in September so crews can finish electrical work on a new pumping station.
The closure is planned maintenance, not the result of a water shortage.The feeder main supplies about 60 per cent of the treated water for the 1.6 million people in Calgary, surrounding municipalities and the Tsuut’ina Nation.
The pipe failed in June 2024 and again in December 2025, leading to months of conservation measures that included shorter showers and fewer toilet flushes.
“This is planned work,” Farkas wrote in a social media post Thursday. “This is part of the north Calgary water servicing project.”
He said any restrictions this time should be far less burdensome. Whether limits are needed will depend on weather and overall water demand. If they are imposed, some outdoor watering is still expected to be allowed.
Final work on the feeder main is scheduled for October and could bring roughly four more weeks of restrictions.
Farkas said the city remains on track to replace the Bearspaw South Feeder Main within a single year — the fastest delivery of a project of this size and complexity in Canada.
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