Water Main Rupture Causes State of Emergency to be Declared - Calgary

[britman101]

Huge water main break in Calgary which happened on Wednesday evening. Resulting in boil water advisory for community of Bowness. State of emergency declared for rest of the City of Calgary till water main rupture repaired. This is an evolving story.

[Unregistered user]

Fishy.

[muirsy]

Originally Posted by Unregistered user

Fishy.

Nah, the mains in Bowness are ancient & rupture dozens of times per year. This time it just happened to be a main line which sucks. Hopefully the boil-advisory doesn't last as long as it did in Cochrane last year.

[Dewey Cox]

Let me be the first to blame climate change.

[bonedogg]

Live in Bowness & rode my bike through it in Shouldice this am. lots of water for sure..... ive been told the fix is in the region....... should not take long.

[burbotman]

The conspiracy theorists are out in full force on social media…..

[Stinky Buffalo]

Originally Posted by Dewey Cox

Let me be the first to blame climate change.

Gah! Beat me to it.

[Duramaximos]

Why would the City ban watering gardens "by any means"?

So I have invested time and money to save rain water in barrels, now I can't use it??? Crazy. If a drought happens that causes a level 4 water restriction I can't use the water I saved?

Maybe there is something to this that I'm not seeing, but why even promote water barrels if you are going to tell people they can't use the water, when they need it most?

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[KGB]

Originally Posted by Duramaximos

Why would the City ban watering gardens "by any means"?

So I have invested time and money to save rain water in barrels, now I can't use it??? Crazy. If a drought happens that causes a level 4 water restriction I can't use the water I saved?

Maybe there is something to this that I'm not seeing, but why even promote water barrels if you are going to tell people they can't use the water, when they need it most?

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I would just sit quietly if I were you unless you want all your neighbours to come and start taking showers from your rain barrels….

[Unregistered user]

A few months back, gonchi or whatever her real name is was warning about severe water restrictions this year because of the drought. Then it rained and rained and rained. She wants this, remember her first day as mayor she wanted to tax us a billion dollars for the climate emergency, she is simply a WEF install.

[Grizzly Adams1]

Simple answer, aging infrastructure, that line would be many decades old.

[Battle Rat]

Originally Posted by Unregistered user

A few months back, gonchi or whatever her real name is was warning about severe water restrictions this year because of the drought. Then it rained and rained and rained. She wants this, remember her first day as mayor she wanted to tax us a billion dollars for the climate emergency, she is simply a WEF install.

So you believe that she engineered the failure of the water main?

[burbotman]

Originally Posted by Unregistered user

A few months back, gonchi or whatever her real name is was warning about severe water restrictions this year because of the drought. Then it rained and rained and rained. She wants this, remember her first day as mayor she wanted to tax us a billion dollars for the climate emergency, she is simply a WEF install.

I am seeing comments like this on FB. No one can actually believe this was planned?

[I’d rather be outdoors]

Originally Posted by burbotman

I am seeing comments like this on FB. No one can actually believe this was planned?

/orchestrated, or massive negligence. Either way this won’t end well for someone. Guaranteed the cause is already known.

[oilngas]

Just me being an old cynic but if you spend a Billion on an arena, 2 billion on toy train, 1 billion on new BMO centre, untold billions on Stampede park up grade, a big pile on the Olympic plaza, there is not a lot left to upgrade infrastructure before it breaks!

Also I assume with the recent increase in population (1.7 MM ? now) and you don't spend money on a new water, sewer plants, road improvements etc. there are more billions in spending coming

[big zeke]

Originally Posted by Battle Rat

So you believe that she engineered the failure of the water main?

No way she is smart enough to do this

BUT

As the mayor she wears all the success and failures of city hall. Perhaps instead of building a Green Line to nowhere or blanket rezoning at the behest of her favorite land developers or cuddling up to Trudeau for the latest socialist tripe some of my excessive property taxes could go to infrastructure upgrades and replacement

But that would be a low priority for this brain trust.

Sure am glad we declared that climate emergency on day 1...the definition of virtue signaling

[Dubious]

Now there a grass fire in springbank, did Gonchi start that to unregistered user?

[Fradaburidi]

Originally Posted by Dewey Cox

Let me be the first to blame climate change.

[Fradaburidi]

Originally Posted by Duramaximos

Why would the City ban watering gardens "by any means"?

So I have invested time and money to save rain water in barrels, now I can't use it??? Crazy. If a drought happens that causes a level 4 water restriction I can't use the water I saved?

Maybe there is something to this that I'm not seeing, but why even promote water barrels if you are going to tell people they can't use the water, when they need it most?

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Maybe you should ask the city.
Maybe they mean don't water even with a watering can if you use city water.

[Fradaburidi]

Originally Posted by oilngas

Just me being an old cynic but if you spend a Billion on an arena, 2 billion on toy train, 1 billion on new BMO centre, untold billions on Stampede park up grade, a big pile on the Olympic plaza, there is not a lot left to upgrade infrastructure before it breaks!

People don't see what's underground, so why bother?

[artie]

Have to pee
was in Bowness Park this morning and all the washrooms were closed for no water
everytime i found a bush a young lady walked by
whats an old guy to do

[Big Grey Wolf]

Just for the record I believe that water main was installed in late 70's, not exactly 'Old Infrastructure'.

[6MT]

Originally Posted by artie

Have to pee
was in Bowness Park this morning and all the washrooms were closed for no water
everytime i found a bush a young lady walked by
whats an old guy to do

[walking buffalo]

Originally Posted by artie

Have to pee
was in Bowness Park this morning and all the washrooms were closed for no water
everytime i found a bush a young lady walked by
whats an old guy to do

Sorry you misread the signs.

God meant to something good to happen with you peeing and the young ladies.
You missed your chance.

I thought old guys had this figured out.
Times short, life's fast, don't be shy, let 'er fly.

[JB_AOL]

Originally Posted by Big Grey Wolf

Just for the record I believe that water main was installed in late 70's, not exactly 'Old Infrastructure'.

Idk.. 50 years seems old to me.. although they are clay pipelines.

I think what most people are talking about re:severe drought, is why are the dams wide open and empty? If there's a "forecasted drought" wouldn't you hold back a significant amt for when it hits?. especially with the amount of rain we just had? Now I know that "spring runoff" is still happening in the mtns, but the logic is lost on me.

[The Cook]

Everybody upstream of Calgary can help by flushing twice.

[Bigwoodsman]

Originally Posted by artie

Have to pee
was in Bowness Park this morning and all the washrooms were closed for no water
everytime i found a bush a young lady walked by
whats an old guy to do

Wear dark pants and act like Biden.

BW

[tirebob]

Originally Posted by oilngas

Just me being an old cynic but if you spend a Billion on an arena, 2 billion on toy train, 1 billion on new BMO centre, untold billions on Stampede park up grade, a big pile on the Olympic plaza, there is not a lot left to upgrade infrastructure before it breaks!

Also I assume with the recent increase in population (1.7 MM ? now) and you don't spend money on a new water, sewer plants, road improvements etc. there are more billions in spending coming

Exactly this... I just listened to an interview she just did turning this into a political football (of course ) talking about how "if we only had a better relationship with the Federal government" and "we have a 300million dollar shortfall every year because of this and if we don't want increased taxes we need to be friendlier to the Feds" etc...

Feds feds feds feds... If only we were libs they would give us more dollars is the message. Never mind the wasted millions and billions on the crap that looks great and fuzzy for votes like bike lanes and stadiums and woke events etc etc while ignoring the boring stuff nobody will pay attention too if we spend it there.

We need new leadership in this city Uggggh

[Grizzly Adams1]

Originally Posted by oilngas

Just me being an old cynic but if you spend a Billion on an arena, 2 billion on toy train, 1 billion on new BMO centre, untold billions on Stampede park up grade, a big pile on the Olympic plaza, there is not a lot left to upgrade infrastructure before it breaks!

Also I assume with the recent increase in population (1.7 MM ? now) and you don't spend money on a new water, sewer plants, road improvements etc. there are more billions in spending coming

Totally agree.

[Mr Flyguy]

Originally Posted by artie

Have to pee
was in Bowness Park this morning and all the washrooms were closed for no water
everytime i found a bush a young lady walked by
whats an old guy to do

Just don't point, that would be rude!