{"id":379764,"date":"2025-12-31T16:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/379764\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T16:57:07","slug":"calgary-issues-boil-water-advisory-for-some-communities-after-major-water-main-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/379764\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary issues boil water advisory for some communities after major water-main break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display:block\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/resizer\/v2\/F34FWRPMU5HOZEVQV6TXVIPOPE.JPG?auth=0bd4431b70f658e8f39cb083896765c695f43ae7316b0810abf38895c1886c35&amp;width=600&amp;height=400&amp;quality=80&amp;smart=true\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" data-photo-viewer-index=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Open this photo in gallery:<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"figcap-text\">A major water main break in Calgary is expected to cause traffic headaches on Wednesday.Jeff McIntosh\/The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Officials in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/topics\/calgary\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/topics\/calgary\/\">Calgary<\/a> say there has been a significant water-main break in the city\u2019s northwest, in the area of the Sarcee Trail and 16 Avenue Northwest interchange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The City of Calgary says about 2,000 homes and 100 businesses have been impacted by the water main break in the community of Bowness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Following an initial probe, authorities say they believe the break is related to the Bearspaw South Feeder Main \u2013 infamous for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/alberta\/article-no-single-factor-led-to-water-main-failure-in-calgary-preliminary\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/alberta\/article-no-single-factor-led-to-water-main-failure-in-calgary-preliminary\/\">significant rupture in June 2024<\/a> that caused an extended outage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Mayor Jeromy Farkas has been offering updates on his social media account. He says a boil water order is in effect for portions of Montgomery and Parkdale, as well as Point McKay Communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">He also noted that the city is activating its Stage 4 Water Restrictions to manage the water supply. Emergency crews are continuing to assess the cause of the break and the extent of the damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">Mayor Farkas thanked the Calgary Fire Department for its service after crews rescued 13 people from cars stuck in freezing water. He also suggested a morning news conference would be coming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-article-body__text text-pr-5\">The Calgary Police Service and fire crews remain on scene, directing traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: A major water main break in Calgary is expected to cause traffic headaches&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,66,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-379764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-science","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}