Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said if all goes to plan, the city could see water service return to normal sooner than expected.
Calgarians are being urged to keep reducing their water use as work to repair a major water main stretches into a second day in Calgary on Friday, June 7, 2024.“That date is still a good guideline, but what we’ve heard from the team today is that it’s possible if things go according to plan, that we might see an earlier timeline. It’s hard to say,” Gondek said.
“Our concern is that something will break as we begin to bring this pipe back into service,” said Michael Thompson, general manager of infrastructure services with the city.WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange set to be freed after U.S. plea dealFrancois Bouchart, director of capital priorities and investment with the city, said a 4.5-kilometre section of pipe is currently empty. It will take 14 million litres of water to refill it.
Testing water samples takes between 18 to 20 hours, Bouchart said. If the results show the water is safe, they can move on to the next stage of work. If there are issues with the water quality, the line will need to be flushed again and testing will be redone. “This phase has the highest level of risk,” Bouchart said. “Each time pressure changes are introduced into the feeder main or other feeder mains within the system – whether from filling, flushing or adding additional pumping capacity – pipe connections and pipe walls experience additional stress.”“If things go according to schedule, we could be done earlier than expected, but there is still a significant amount of risk,” Thompson said.
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