▪️ Today, The City of Calgary has declared a State of Local Emergency

Calgarians are encouraged to continue to support one another as we work together to reduce our consumption and conserve water due to the critical water feeder main break. One fewer toilet flush can save up to 6 litres of water. Collectively as a city of 1.4 million people, we could save up to 8.5 million litres daily if we all eliminated one extra flush.

Key Updates:

▪️ Today, The City of Calgary has declared a State of Local Emergency.

▪️ Yesterday, we announced that investigation of our water feeder main revealed additional sections of damaged pipe requiring repair.

▪️ Work is underway at the additional sections requiring repair, with crews performing site inspections at additional work locations. Replacement pipes have been ordered and are already enroute to Calgary.

▪️ Crews working on the original 16 Avenue water feeder main break spent today applying an anti-corrosive coating to the pipe to help prevent future issues.

▪️ Citywide, our water use remained constant at 480 Mega Litres of water on Friday, June 14, matching the previous day's total. 480 Mega Litres is the maximum threshold to ensure water reserve levels remain consistent, and ideally we would be under that number to ensure adequate water supply in case of an emergency.

▪️ With rainfall in the forecast, this is a great opportunity to collect water. This water is a good relief for our lawns, gardens and other outdoor water demands as outdoor watering restrictions continue to remain in place. Any type of container can be put out to collect the rain, buckets, storage totes, kiddie pool, ect. will be helpful to store up for those drier days.

➡️ BYLAW AND ENFORCEMENT

We continue following up on calls to 311 for water misuse. Since the event began, we have received 1,794 calls.

Officers have issued more than 1,000 warnings (507 verbal warnings, 551 written warnings), and two tickets to contractors associated with construction work.

There have been 204 calls for fire pits, resulting in 45 verbal warnings, 13 written warnings and one ticket. There have also been 113 informational inquiries about Fire Bans.

The Calgary Fire Department has comprehensive plans and alternative operating procedures to supplement water supply if necessary. There are multiple non-hydrant firefighting strategies (including plans, personnel, apparatuses, alternate water sources and equipment) in place to meet the challenges we are facing with this emergency.

➡️ ROADS AND MOBILITY

Detours are in place as 16 Avenue remains closed at Home Road N.W. We thank affected residents and businesses for their patience and cooperation during this time.
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