Calgary Water Main Break

• Calgary city council approves $609M to cover feeder main, water system upgrades

  The move brings the total cost associated with Calgary's Bearspaw feeder main to $439 million, which includes $381 million to pay for the replacement project.

  Canada

  Mar 17
  
• Calgary water use climbs above city threshold for 1st time since restrictions imposed

  Calgary and surrounding communities used 504 million litres of water on Sunday, ending a six-day streak of water use under the city-imposed daily threshold of 500 million litres.

  Canada

  Mar 16
  
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• Calgary needs an extra $609M for Bearspaw feeder main, water infrastructure upgrades

  The request for additional funding comes after Calgary city council approved more than $1 billion in funding for water infrastructure in this year's budget.

  Canada

  Mar 3
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• Calgary water restrictions for feeder main repairs to return in March

  The City of Calgary has announced new water restrictions will be imposed starting March 9, to allow for more repair work to be done on the Bearspaw Feeder Main.

  Health

  Feb 20
• Road closure in effect after wire snaps detected on Calgary’s Bearspaw feeder main

  The Bearspaw feeder main, which carries 60 per cent of the city's drinking water, has experienced two critical failures in less than two years.

  Traffic

  Feb 13
• Calgary requires at least $5.7B over next 10 years for critical infrastructure

  The report shows 11 per cent of the City of Calgary's assets are rated in poor or very poor condition, with $5.7 billion required to repair the most critical infrastructure.

  Canada

  Feb 11
• Calgary to use ‘open cut’ method for feeder main replacement work in Bowness

  Construction on the second phase of the Bearspaw feeder main replacement project is set to start in May.

  Canada

  Feb 6
• City councillor questions Calgary’s fast-tracked feeder main replacement project

  Last month, city officials announced it is fast-tracking the project, which would add a steel pipe of the same size and parallel to the existing pipe.

  Canada

  Feb 6
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• City of Calgary says work to replace Bearspaw South Feeder Main to begin Friday

  The City of Calgary says work to twin the Bearspaw South Feeder Main with a new steel pipe will begin Friday and is expected to be completed in December.

  Politics

  Jan 22
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• Nenshi accuses Smith’s UCP of playing blame game over Calgary water main

  Naheed Nenshi was Calgary’s mayor during part of the time when, a report says, projects to inspect and perform maintenance on the water line were deferred for other priorities.

  Politics

  Jan 20