Major Water Main Break in Bowness Area

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by curves2000

Hopefully lessons are learned by this that can be applied to water mains and other mission critical projects. Years ago when I was in California as a child, I bought a souvenir from the 1994 Earthquake that destroyed the busiest freeway in America I believe (I 10) The city, state and contractors moved heaven and earth and cut an insane amount of red tape to deliver this project in beyond record time.

This is satire right?

No one can post this seriously.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by curves2000

I have zero experience or knowledge in this department

Originally Posted by curves2000

I have zero experience in this department at all

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

This is satire right?

No one can post this seriously.

Is there a market for souvenirs of the biggest water main break in Calgary history?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Is there a market for souvenirs of the biggest water main break in Calgary history?

Good call, time to start bottling up some of this infamous tap water. BRB, filling jugs for profit later.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Is there a market for souvenirs of the biggest water main break in Calgary history?

I have some slightly used underwear I can pull down from my normal site.

[PepsiFree]

Maybe they can break up the piece of pipe they removed and engrave each one with “2024. Calgary Strong. Never Forget, Always Remember.”

Perhaps a documentary is in order, kind of like “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts” but we’ll call it “When the Pipe Burst: A tale of showering slightly less than usual.”

[undercoverbrother]

#CalgaryStrongish

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

I looked at that pipeline map and thought 2 things.

1) would be good to connect the NW to the NE north of Nose Hill Park somewhere

2) as someone who lives in the isolated NW areas of the system there is actually no need for me to be conserving water. I get why they don't say that in the briefings, but still interesting to see the system layout.

Building huge hidden feeder lines at the edges of many of our larger parks like Nosehill seems like it'd be a massive help towards fixing and upgrading utilities longer term. Having a primary major feeder thing like this under 16th Ave doesn't seem like good planning longer term.

I wonder if it'd be useful to add a few small lakes/reservoirs/semi hidden treatment stations that fill up with precipitation in many of these parks (kinda like the ponds we see in certain communities). That way there's the ability to store reserves that potentially can help to lessen effects to multiple communities if something happens? Plus people also like to hang out around bodies of water and it could create environmental and animal diversity.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

Building huge hidden feeder lines at the edges of many of our larger parks like Nosehill seems like it'd be a massive help towards fixing and upgrading utilities longer term. Having a primary major feeder thing like this under 16th Ave doesn't seem like good planning longer term.

I wonder if it'd be useful to add a few small lakes/reservoirs/semi hidden treatment stations that fill up with precipitation in many of these parks (kinda like the ponds we see in certain communities). That way there's the ability to store reserves that potentially can help to lessen effects to multiple communities if something happens? Plus people also like to hang out around bodies of water and it could create environmental and animal diversity.

But then the water wouldn't be treated, so couldn't be fed back into pipes.

[Fuzz]

https://dmap.calgary.ca/


It also only runs under 16th for a fairly short segment. I presume they would have had all these debates and chose the best option at the time.

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

https://dmap.calgary.ca/


It also only runs under 16th for a fairly short segment. I presume they would have had all these debates and chose the best option at the time.

Psh, how difficult could this be? We all figured it out as kids.

[Bigtime]

Great Livewire article that has an interactive map showing water complaints by community:

https://livewirecalgary.com/2024/06/...-conservation/

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Great Livewire article that has an interactive map showing water complaints by community:

https://livewirecalgary.com/2024/06/...-conservation/

Jesus ####ing Christ Auburn Bay

[Locke]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Jesus ####ing Christ Auburn Bay

The worst! Just the worst!

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Locke

The worst! Just the worst!

3rd worst.........

[Bigtime]

Originally Posted by chemgear

Psh, how difficult could this be? We all figured it out as kids.

I can hear this picture.

[fotze2]

What do you guys eat/drink to make your piss taste better?

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by fotze2

What do you guys eat/drink to make your piss taste better?

PineApple

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Spoiler!

https://dmap.calgary.ca/


It also only runs under 16th for a fairly short segment. I presume they would have had all these debates and chose the best option at the time.

Thanks for this. Very helpful when I go to submit a DP to build a Safeway.