Major Water Main Break in Bowness Area

[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Raekwon

This would have never happened if the water was Fluorinated

Or if the WEF hadn't deliberately hydrogenated it.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

The person to blame would be Rod Sykes. He was the Mayor at the time.

He's still alive at 92.

Naw, it's this guy we want. Someone get some pitchforks.

Spoiler!

James Buker, a retired city waterworks employee, was on scene in 1975 for the installation of the pipe that burst in Montgomery on Wednesday night. He returned to the location for a photo on Friday, June 7, 2024.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/calga...ne-week-repair

[Torture]

"We need you to look sad for this picture" "No, sadder"

[getbak]

Pretty convenient he just happened to be there.

GIT'IM!!!

[getbak]

Originally Posted by Torture

"We need you to look sad for this picture" "No, sadder"

The Calgary Sun special.

[GGG]

I think people are over reacting to this whole thing.

We don’t really need to twin when with almost no impact to anyone we are able to slow down water use such that the supplies are sustainable for the duration of the repair and it appears they have stocked adequate spare parts to limit the duration of the repair.

The system appears sufficiently redundant to allow the southern water treatment plant to supply the city at a rate that supplies enough water for no one to be put at risk.

They definitely need to do the analysis and implement recommendations as they investigate but so far the system appears to be robust.

[Mazrim]

Originally Posted by powderjunkie

This is why I wonder if WRR to Bow Tr could be an option. ROW should be pretty easy and you only cross the river/tracks once (whereas this line crosses at least twice). About 9km to Sarcee/Bow so it's not really any longer.

Sarcee/Bow intersection is a mess of above and underground utilities. No thanks!

[Torture]

Originally Posted by GGG

I think people are over reacting to this whole thing.

We don’t really need to twin when with almost no impact to anyone we are able to slow down water use such that the supplies are sustainable for the duration of the repair and it appears they have stocked adequate spare parts to limit the duration of the repair.

The system appears sufficiently redundant to allow the southern water treatment plant to supply the city at a rate that supplies enough water for no one to be put at risk.

They definitely need to do the analysis and implement recommendations as they investigate but so far the system appears to be robust.

No. We should build enough redundancy that I can water my lawn 24/7 and never have to let the yellow mellow. /greentextincasethatwasn'tabundantlyobvious


On a slightly more serious note - I was down to half a rain barrel of water left, but last night's rain filled my 3x barrels right back up.

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by Firebot

This picture helps with picturing the scale



https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...reak-1.7229695

Apparently someone was practicing blasting womp rats in his T-16...

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by GGG

Keep in mind that for water mains they have an allowable leakage rate so perfectly tight isn’t the criteria.

That's what she said? Maybe?

[powderjunkie]

Originally Posted by GGG

I think people are over reacting to this whole thing.

We don’t really need to twin when with almost no impact to anyone we are able to slow down water use such that the supplies are sustainable for the duration of the repair and it appears they have stocked adequate spare parts to limit the duration of the repair.

The system appears sufficiently redundant to allow the southern water treatment plant to supply the city at a rate that supplies enough water for no one to be put at risk.

They definitely need to do the analysis and implement recommendations as they investigate but so far the system appears to be robust.

But Sim-City is fun.

At least until the aliens show up and ruin everything you built.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop

The person to blame would be Rod Sykes. He was the Mayor at the time.

He's still alive at 92.

The guy that tried to ruin downtown with The Penetrator, right?

Tried to give him a handmade quilt that volunteers made for people after the floods. He was a complete prick.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Titan2

Apparently someone was practicing blasting womp rats in his T-16...

That's not Jagr cosplaying as an x wing fighter, right?

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Titan2

That's what she said? Maybe?

Vaginal expansion from too big of pipe has been known to be a problem around here.

[GGG]

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7230020

Some interesting numbers from todays update

“An early estimate of the amount of water used on Sunday was 457 million litres of water. The available supply was around 620 million litres.

The city used 650 million litres last Wednesday before the break happened.”

Now Wednesday wasn’t a hot summer day but looks like even at 40% capacity we are close to break even

Also some interesting info on repairs and inspection. They did work on a different section in the spring and had more repairs planned for the fall. They also added new monitoring equipment.

[Looch City]

Finally, time to water my lawn, #### shower and shave for 30min under water.

[You Need a Thneed]

Bowness boil water has been lifted.

No other changes to orders.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Titan2

Apparently someone was practicing blasting womp rats in his T-16...

Something, something, killing small animals is the first sign of a serial killer...

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Bowness boil water has been lifted.

No other changes to orders.

That's a nice big step.

[Bigtime]

Council getting an update this morning:

https://twitter.com/user/status/1800562061652771042