Major Water Main Break in Bowness Area

[WhiteTiger]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

Thankfully, no. But I have several friends in Bylaw, and they are getting slammed with neighbors ratting out each other.

Quoting myself, I know...but this amusingly came out well-timed:

Originally Posted by City of Calgary Newsroom

BYLAW AND ENFORCEMENT

To date we have received 6,214 calls to 311 about this emergency. We encourage Calgarians to use the 311 app or Calgary.ca to make your service requests.

We continue following up on calls to 311 for water misuse. Since the event began, we have received 1,892 calls, the majority of those have been resolved with 105 cases remaining open.

A fire ban remains in effect for the City of Calgary. We’ve received 334 calls with 19 cases still open.

https://newsroom.calgary.ca/update-j...e-water-usage/

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

One mentioned to me that he'd gotten a call because the person calling saw someone filling a water can from a rain barrel, and then watering some sod with the can. The person calling felt that the water in the rain barrel was being wasted...

Wow. People really do suck.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by WhiteTiger

Thankfully, no. But I have several friends in Bylaw, and they are getting slammed with neighbors ratting out each other.

One mentioned to me that he'd gotten a call because the person calling saw someone filling a water can from a rain barrel, and then watering some sod with the can. The person calling felt that the water in the rain barrel was being wasted...

Give people license to judge and denounce others, and this is what happens. People are upset that first-time violators are only getting warnings. They don’t just want to see the behavior stop - they want to see the transgressors punished. It’s an ugly aspect of human nature.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

Is quite amazing how little resilience some people have. This is a minor inconvenience at worst.

If you weren't already turning the water off while you brush your teeth then I question your ability to function in society.

How great would it be that the hardest part of your day was turning off the water in the shower while you are soaping up. Oh the huge manatee!

This really is the most on point post in this thread.

Other than watering my plants and grass, I haven't really changed much of my life.

[Zary's-Mustache]

I've lived in a country before where you had to truck water into tanks every 5 days to have water at home and only had electricity for 2 hours a day.

People have no idea how spoiled we are. Reducing water by 20% and people acting like the government is trying to control us and this is somehow political.

We take things for granted. This is a total non issue if people just use rain water for their outside usage or don't use outdoor water at all.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Looch City

How are y'all saving the shower water while waiting for it to warm up? That's like the greatest pure waste that I see. Giant funnel and into a tub?

We have a few buckets, you hold it up and catch all of it as it warms.

By the time the bucket is 1/2 to 2/3 full the water is warm enough to jump in.

Pretty easy actually.

We have also been saving the water from cooking veggies.

[Russic]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

Is quite amazing how little resilience some people have. This is a minor inconvenience at worst.

If you weren't already turning the water off while you brush your teeth then I question your ability to function in society.

How great would it be that the hardest part of your day was turning off the water in the shower while you are soaping up. Oh the huge manatee!

I find it interesting that Wall-E stands as this cautionary tale about what humans might turn into, but few seem to float the idea that we're already there. Floaty chairs aside, many seem to devolve into madness as soon as they hit the first speed bump... and what the hell is life if not a never-ending stretch of speed bumps?

[Locke]

I just shower in my neighbour's sprinkler. Sure, they yell at me to get off their lawn but what are they going to do about it?

They're the ones breaching the outdoor watering restrictions!

[PepsiFree]

The biggest impact on me has been not washing my vehicles, as I ####ing love a clean vehicle and the pollen/bugs were driving me nuts. Thankfully I drove a few hours in the rain and it cleared most of it up, so I’m good for a while.

If you’re a gardener, this is a wake up call. Get a rain barrel or something. You shouldn’t be relying entirely on tap water.

If this is affecting your day to day life otherwise… well… you were probably wasting a ####load of water. So, you trash.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

The biggest impact on me has been not washing my vehicles, as I ####ing love a clean vehicle and the pollen/bugs were driving me nuts. Thankfully I drove a few hours in the rain and it cleared most of it up, so I’m good for a while.

If you’re a gardener, this is a wake up call. Get a rain barrel or something. You shouldn’t be relying entirely on tap water.

If this is affecting your day to day life otherwise… well… you were probably wasting a ####load of water. So, you trash.

Yeah we had tossed around the idea of a rain barrel, but don't use a lot of water for gardening as it is all pot/planter based.

That being said it is dumb to not get one, so I'm gonna sort my #### out.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Yeah we had tossed around the idea of a rain barrel, but don't use a lot of water for gardening as it is all pot/planter based.

That being said it is dump to not get one, so I'm gonna sort my #### out.

Yeah. Whats the point in just letting natural water just go down the drain?

[Captain Otto]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

The biggest impact on me has been not washing my vehicles, as I ####ing love a clean vehicle and the pollen/bugs were driving me nuts. Thankfully I drove a few hours in the rain and it cleared most of it up, so I’m good for a while.

If you’re a gardener, this is a wake up call. Get a rain barrel or something. You shouldn’t be relying entirely on tap water.

If this is affecting your day to day life otherwise… well… you were probably wasting a ####load of water. So, you trash.

Not sure if this was talked about before, but I have heard that some washes recycle their water? I am not sure how that would even work because you'd have to filter it etc, but that's how some are justifying washing their cars.

Semi related, last year (?) you gave me grief about complaining about how ####ty some lawns look in my area. I think you called my lawn a "vanity project". I guess like you love a clean car, I like a nice yard. Let's call it even.

[you&me]

Originally Posted by Russic

I find it interesting that Wall-E stands as this cautionary tale about what humans might turn into, but few seem to float the idea that we're already there. Floaty chairs aside, many seem to devolve into madness as soon as they hit the first speed bump... and what the hell is life if not a never-ending stretch of speed bumps?

From turning off the tap while you brush your teeth to punching a wolf in the face, just a series of speed bumps.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Captain Otto

Semi related, last year (?) you gave me grief about complaining about how ####ty some lawns look in my area. I think you called my lawn a "vanity project". I guess like you love a clean car, I like a nice yard. Let's call it even.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Captain Otto

Not sure if this was talked about before, but I have heard that some washes recycle their water? I am not sure how that would even work because you'd have to filter it etc, but that's how some are justifying washing their cars.

Semi related, last year (?) you gave me grief about complaining about how ####ty some lawns look in my area. I think you called my lawn a "vanity project". I guess like you love a clean car, I like a nice yard. Let's call it even.

You don’t ever wash your car?

[Locke]

This 'Major. Water Main' character sounds like an unreliable jerkface.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

You don’t ever wash your car?

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooo

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooo

Too late, I’m about to roll this bitch he just don’t know it yet.

[Captain Otto]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

Too late, I’m about to roll this bitch he just don’t know it yet.

Lol. Nah. It's fine. I know your schtick.

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[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Captain Otto

Lol. Nah. It's fine. I know your schtick.

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Fair enough. I have the numbers ready for whenever you feel like being embarrassed about making that comparison. Just let me know.