CALGARY — Calgary's mayor is apologizing for failing to communicate better with residents as the city continues to urge water conservation until a major feeder main that failed last week is repaired.
CALGARY — Calgary's mayor is apologizing for failing to communicate better with residents as the city continues to urge water conservation until a major feeder main that failed last week is repaired.
"I rely on that information from the experts and I rely on the crews to be able to tell us what they can see and what they need to do. So, could I have braced us for a long repair? Absolutely I could have, and perhaps I should have," Gondek told reporters.She added:"Until they could see the damage, until they could clear away the water and get down into the ground and understand what that looked like, we couldn't give you a firm answer.
Residents of the Bearspaw neighbourhood have also been told they must boil their tap water and must continue to do so until the repairs are finished. Gondek said people have asked for examples of how they can conserve water, and the city could have done a better job explaining how. The mayor promised she would improve communication by speaking to Calgarians every day via a livestream at 8:30 a.m. until the situation is resolved, and that she would also be present for daily 2 p.m. updates from the city's emergency operations centre.
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