Does anyone know if time of usage makes a difference here? We're putting off laundry but likely will need to run a load in the next few days (at least before the pipe is fixed). Would it put less strain on the system if we set it to run at night? Wondering if this would apply to things like dishwashers too.
A shame that our water numbers have barely budged - it's really not that heavy of a lift for a couple of weeks.
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This came up two years ago, but I can't recall the exact answer, but... suppose a suburbanite lives in a part of the NW, say, Tuscany. I believe that the water would still be coming from the Bearspaw water treatment facility, and not the Glenmore facility which is working overtime trying to reach areas of the city that Bearspaw currently can't. So Bearspaw has plenty of water, and is still delivering it to a reduced number of communities.
Obviously the city can't fragment the group effort and the "we're in it together" sort of thing. But for communities that Bearspaw is still servicing, is there any actual benefit to the cause to conserve?
The optics and simple messaging are certainly more important in a time like this, so the city isn't going to start drawing lines.
I think they can still get some water into the rest of the system, it's just a circuitous route:
The two thin green lines heading SE from 53 St NW are probably the bottleneck, but you'd want them running full blast 24/7. NW usage may or may not impact the ability to do that.
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Does anyone know if time of usage makes a difference here? We're putting off laundry but likely will need to run a load in the next few days (at least before the pipe is fixed). Would it put less strain on the system if we set it to run at night? Wondering if this would apply to things like dishwashers too.
A shame that our water numbers have barely budged - it's really not that heavy of a lift for a couple of weeks.
They haven't said that time of day makes a difference, all the City has talked about is the overall usage number. So not really clear.
This came up two years ago, but I can't recall the exact answer, but... suppose a suburbanite lives in a part of the NW, say, Tuscany. I believe that the water would still be coming from the Bearspaw water treatment facility, and not the Glenmore facility which is working overtime trying to reach areas of the city that Bearspaw currently can't. So Bearspaw has plenty of water, and is still delivering it to a reduced number of communities.
Obviously the city can't fragment the group effort and the "we're in it together" sort of thing. But for communities that Bearspaw is still servicing, is there any actual benefit to the cause to conserve?
The optics and simple messaging are certainly more important in a time like this, so the city isn't going to start drawing lines.
I'm pretty confident it will make no difference at all what those of us at this end of town do. We're islanded with Bearspaw - the system will get the small amount of Bearspaw water to the rest of the city no matter what we do up here. Once the connector to the north central is done that will no longer be true.
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Gonna have to assume that's AI, because only a computer would be dumb enough to put a TP holder there. Though I also assume you know this, because you made it.
I dunno when the last time you shopped for real estate was, but hoooooo-boy did we see some absurd design decisions this past summer.
But yes, that picture is the product of our future dark digital overlords.
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They need to better communicate why red is red to get people to buy in. Right now its just "trust us its red and it relates to firewater".
e.g. if red means we're drawing down the reservoirs as someone explained earlier, it would be helpful if the city included a graphic for that. i.e. some sort of declining inventory chart with a projection of where we run out assuming the prior day's usage.
Blah, Blah, Blah... The 'ol pickle ain't what it used to be.
That is what Mrs. Fuzz was saying just the other night. Wait, maybe I should not have shared pillow talk. Oh well. If you don't believe me, you can ask the other guys. We have a group chat to coordinate schedules.
That is what Mrs. Fuzz was saying just the other night. Wait, maybe I should not have shared pillow talk. Oh well. If you don't believe me, you can ask the other guys. We have a group chat to coordinate schedules.
Is that the support group you need to get over her hysterical laughter at the size of your little cocktail gherkins? "And then she grabbed a hand lens and said she still couldn't tell if it was the real dill. I'm so salty right now."
They need to better communicate why red is red to get people to buy in. Right now its just "trust us its red and it relates to firewater".
e.g. if red means we're drawing down the reservoirs as someone explained earlier, it would be helpful if the city included a graphic for that. i.e. some sort of declining inventory chart with a projection of where we run out assuming the prior day's usage.
Totally agree with this. What's the urgency to get from red to yellow or green? Why even are these the targets? What's the difference between 500+ML and 485? We've been in 'unsustainable' for days now and everything seems to be fine so what does that mean? How many more can we go? I have no idea.
Going from 516 to 511 doesn't seem very encouraging as it's still way over target and it's probably just the mid-week dip where people aren't doing laundry before going to work. Doesn't seem like we're going to get to yellow or green until an emergency alert goes out. They originally said 7-10 days (I think?) so hopefully they are close to finishing that repair.
Also, I love how the chart they keep sharing still has temperature on the bottom. That was useful information in the summer but does temperature have any relation to usage in the winter? The chart doesn't even show the negatives, just the number lol. Stupid.
Totally agree with this. What's the urgency to get from red to yellow or green? Why even are these the targets? What's the difference between 500+ML and 485? We've been in 'unsustainable' for days now and everything seems to be fine so what does that mean? How many more can we go? I have no idea.
Going from 516 to 511 doesn't seem very encouraging as it's still way over target and it's probably just the mid-week dip where people aren't doing laundry before going to work. Doesn't seem like we're going to get to yellow or green until an emergency alert goes out. They originally said 7-10 days (I think?) so hopefully they are close to finishing that repair.
Also, I love how the chart they keep sharing still has temperature on the bottom. That was useful information in the summer but does temperature have any relation to usage in the winter? The chart doesn't even show the negatives, just the number lol. Stupid.
Good catch. The strain numbers all seem to be when the numbers are positive and not when negative. Is the cold helping to create a pipe of ice to keep water in the system when it's cold vs water seeps out of the system when the temps are hot or something strange like that?
Why would there be more potable water demand on Dec 30-31 than Jan 1 or December 24-25 which are times where people might be using more water for events etc.
Speaking of the temps, why is the maximum daily temperature ranged from 0 to 100 degrees Celcius on that chart? 0-40 Celcius would suffice in Calgary. Or are they preparing for ultimate climate change?
Speaking of the temps, why is the maximum daily temperature ranged from 0 to 100 degrees Celcius on that chart? 0-40 Celcius would suffice in Calgary. Or are they preparing for ultimate climate change?
Yeah, if we crack 100 degrees Celsius then our water usage will be the least of our problems.
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Speaking of the temps, why is the maximum daily temperature ranged from 0 to 100 degrees Celcius on that chart? 0-40 Celcius would suffice in Calgary. Or are they preparing for ultimate climate change?
Because if you used a 0-40 scale the temp bars would(on summer days) overprint or underprint the line graphs, and look like trash. I'm not sure the capabilities of PowerBI, or if this is just a skill issue, but it's possible this is the best they can do. Keep in mind this is a live dashboard capture, so they can't just "fix it in post" by erasing the higher temp scale.
