{"id":1003,"date":"2024-09-09T23:27:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T23:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2024-09-09T23:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T23:27:16","slug":"water-use-spikes-into-unsustainable-zone-as-calgarians-asked-to-do-a-little-more-to-cut-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swifteradio.com\/update\/water-use-spikes-into-unsustainable-zone-as-calgarians-asked-to-do-a-little-more-to-cut-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"Water use spikes into unsustainable zone as Calgarians asked to do a little more to cut consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor expresses concern for Glenmore water treatment facility due to continued high demand for water amid repairs for Bearspaw south feeder main<\/em><\/p>\n

As water demand spiked on Sunday, surpassing the limit set to accommodate a system hampered by ongoing repairs to a major feeder main, Calgarians were asked Monday to find a way to further trim their use.<\/p>\n

Water usage on Sunday reached 509 million litres, 24 million litres above the threshold of 485 million litre and\u00a013 million litres above Saturday\u2019s demand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mayor Jyoti Gondek asked Calgarians Monday morning to do a little bit more to bring water consumption down to a safer level as she expressed optimism about continuing construction on the\u00a0Bearspaw south feeder main, which initially burst in June<\/a>\u00a0and is undergoing further repairs.<\/p>\n

She said repair work is at the halfway point, with completion expected by Sept. 23. This will be followed by three days of flushing the pipe and testing water, with full return to service expected by Sept. 26.<\/p>\n

\u201cThings are looking really good so far,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Over the next two weeks, work will continue on the fourth repair site along 33rd Avenue N.W. in Bowness, as well as three sites along 16th Avenue in Montgomery.<\/p>\n

Gondek reminded Calgarians to\u00a0visit Montgomery business affected by road closures<\/a>\u00a0due to repairs. Affected businesses are losing approximately $10,000 a week in revenue, according to Ward 7 Coun. Terry Wong.<\/p>\n

Addressing questions about how we still have water despite continued unsustainable demand and high strain on the system, Gondek said city crews learned from June\u2019s water restrictions and found a bypass solution, allowing more water to be pumped through the system during repairs.<\/p>\n

However, if something were to happen at the Glenmore water treatment facility requiring a facility shut down or a significant production curtailment, \u201cwe will be immediately plunged into emergency conditions,\u201d said Gondek.<\/p>\n

The current water usage target of 485 million is to protect the Glenmore water treatment plant, she added.<\/p>\n

Wong said if water use continues at the current unsustainable rate, businesses may be forced to close.<\/p>\n

However, Gondek said the city\u2019s major non-residential water users have responded positively to water restrictions, adding they are also being asked to pare their consumption further.<\/p>\n

Carolyne Bowen, the city\u2019s director of climate and environment said Sunday that when use is in the unsustainable zone or \u201cred zone\u201d is when there\u2019s risk of not being able to keep up with water demand.<\/p>\n

\u201c(In the red zone) it starts becoming increasingly difficult to recover water in our underground storage tanks,\u201d said Bowen. \u201cAt this level, we\u2019re not conducting preventative maintenance and all maintenance activities are reactive.\u201d<\/p>\n

City officials have cautioned that surpassing the threshold repeatedly could drain the city\u2019s underground reservoirs, leading to a\u00a0city-wide boil water advisory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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