Calgary’s emergency prompts questions about Edmonton’s water supply

WATCH : A water main break has caused Calgary's water levels to plummet to dangerously low levels, so the city is urging residents to conserve water. Heather Yourex-West reports on some of the restrictions, and why experts say the water main break serves as a warning to other communities.“There is some cross connectivity in Edmonton, so we could run on one plant, basically,” said Coun. Tim Cartmell, explaining Edmonton’s water system is a bit different than Calgary’s.

“We’ve got redundancy. It’s just a bit more connection between the two plants and we’ve got a pretty solid system in Edmonton.” Preventative maintenance is important but not always easy, especially on pipes that’s constantly being used and full of water, he said.“It can happen, and it’s not wrong that it happens. The utilities that we have servicing our city are pretty rock-solid utilities but nothing is guaranteed 100 per cent of the time, 100 per cent capacity.

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