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Originally Posted by Rhettzky
For anyone pumping out your basement in sunnyside...stop. you are pumping out silty river water and replacing it with sanitary water. And no using you bathrooms or any water that would go down the drain. It's just going into yours and your neighbors basement. Check calgary.ca for more info.
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Yeah, just came to post something similar to this. (Were you at the Hillhurst/Sunnyside community meeting?)
Very strong message that we shouldn't be pumping out the basements until the drainage system is draining again. The same water is just being recycled through the community, picking up more chemicals and contaminates as it does. As well, it's only going to make the water continue to rise for those to the east of us who simply aren't able to pump out yet. These are in most cases the people who are hardest hit, and I'm okay with letting the water sit in my basement for a couple days if it means that the water stops rising for those with more water.
Also some potential for structural damage by pumping out too fast too early:
http://www.emd.wa.gov/preparedness/F..._HowTo.shtml#B
Other takeaways: there will be pumping trucks in the neighbourhood soon (no definitive timeline), and dumpster bins hopefully by Tuesday or so.
My water level dropped by about 16 inches overnight without pumping (down from 18 to about 2 inches). Not sure if this is the result of the water table lowering, or my neighbours beside me pumping out theirs and then my level balancing with theirs.