Untreated water now available for residents, businesses at 6 Calgary locations as distribution gets off to a rocky start
CTV
An outbreak of summer weather didn’t deter Calgary from turning off the taps Saturday.
An outbreak of summer weather didn’t deter Calgary from turning off the taps Saturday.
At her Sunday morning update, Calgary mayor Jyoti Gondek said the city’s water consumption Saturday came in at 451 million litres, well below its threshold level and the lowest total in the past three days.
“That was great news,” Gondek said.
The positive data came on a day when the temperature hit 25 degrees in the city, with more hot, sunny weather in the forecast for Sunday and Monday.
Untreated river water is now available at six different locations in the city, although distribution got off to a rocky start Sunday at Baker Park (4320 Bow River Pathway) and the Ogden Boat Launch (3303 Bow River Pathway), the original two sites.
Sunday morning, CTV News visited Baker Park, only to discover no water available from water trucks and people with buckets who weren't allowed to dip directly into the river.
There were similar problems at the Ogden Boat Launch, where one frustrated Calgarian, Chantal Cormier, said city staff members weren't even aware that residents were allowed to receive it.
