{"id":492907,"date":"2026-02-22T23:15:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492907\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T23:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T23:15:33","slug":"water-restrictions-scheduled-to-return-to-calgary-in-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/492907\/","title":{"rendered":"Water restrictions scheduled to return to Calgary in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\" class=\"sc-2491f6ff-0 iXbDqB\"><img data-testid=\"sponsor-image-contentful\" alt=\"\" url=\"https:\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/CuCvzS518MqRDfW3j6oLY\/4bc852b9c25dc1ad0cdcbdd03de002d0\/CBC_News_-_Light.png?fm=webp&amp;q=80\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100\" height=\"16\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:100%;height:auto\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/CBC_News_-_Light.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published on Feb. 21, 2026, 9:57 PM<\/p>\n<p>Conservation measures planned for about 4 weeks beginning March 9<\/p>\n<p>Water restrictions will return to Calgary in just over two weeks, when the city plans to shut down the Bearspaw south feeder main for reinforcement work.<\/p>\n<p>The city said on Friday it will reintroduce water restrictions for around four weeks from March 9 to early April. During that period, the city will call for no outdoor water use and for indoor water conservation measures as well.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/climate\/impacts\/the-world-is-officially-in-its-water-bankruptcy-era\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The world is officially in its water bankruptcy era<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The indoor conservation will again involve the city recommending residents shower for three minutes or less, flush toilets only when necessary, and run dishwashers and washing machines only when they&#8217;re full.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing reinforcement and construction work to bolster the region&#8217;s water supply is critical for Calgary, as well as communities like Airdrie, Strathmore, Chestermere and Tsuut&#8217;ina Nation that rely on the city&#8217;s water supply, Mayor Jeromy Farkas said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is southern Alberta&#8217;s moonshot,\u201d said Farkas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a race against time to build a stronger, more resilient water system. And we are moving faster than anything we&#8217;ve ever built before to build southern Alberta for the next century.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Feb. 21, 2026, 9:57 PM Conservation measures planned for about 4 weeks beginning March 9 Water&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":492908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[901,49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-492907","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-calgary","11":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492907","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=492907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}