Emergency crews check damage on the Trans-Canada Highway from a water main break in Calgary on Dec. 31, 2025. The city says tests have been successful on the repaired water main.Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
The City of Calgary says tests have been successful on a ruptured and repaired water main, so restrictions affecting its 1.6 million people are immediately lifted.
Mayor Jeromy Farkas says it’s a great day for the city but more hard work lies ahead, as the entire line still needs to be replaced.
Calgarians and those in surrounding municipalities have been asked for more than two weeks to reduce their shower times, toilet flushes, laundry and dish loads.
The city also cut back on water use at swimming pools and ice rinks.
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The restrictions came after the Bearspaw South Feeder Main, which supplies 60 per cent of the city’s treated water, ruptured in late December.
It was the pipe’s second break in less than two years.