Another ‘catastrophic’ water main break prompts usage limits for Calgary region
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The water main that ruptured saw a break a year ago, with city officials facing added concerns over why it broke again and what's being done to fix the issue.
Calgary officials are asking both residents of the city and those in surrounding suburb communities to limit how much water they use after another “catastrophic” water main break.
It happened near Sarcee Trail and the 16 Avenue Northwest/Trans Canada Highway interchange, close the Bowness community in northwest Calgary.
Director of city water services Nancy Mackay said Tuesday night’s incident involves the Bearspaw South Feeder Main.
“This is a catastrophic break along the same feeder main that broke in June 2024, on which we made a series of repairs,” she said Wednesday.
The city says about 2,000 homes and 100 businesses have been impacted.
“It is extremely frustrating to see this happen to our city again,” Calgary Mayor Jeremy Farkas said on Wednesday, adding that city council was taking action on this, given the previous line break last year.
He said that the “immediate, emergency situation” has been stabilized, but council is going to work to fix the line that has now broken twice.
“We are much more prepared this time around, but you can rest assured none of my council colleagues ran on being satisfied with the status quo,” Farkas said.
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