CALGARY \u2014 Looming water restrictions for residents in Alberta\u2019s largest city will be a bit more lenient this time around, but officials maintain that every flush counts.<\/p>\n
The Bearspaw South Feeder Main, which carries 60 per cent of Calgary\u2019s treated water, first ruptured in June 2024 and burst again in December.<\/p>\n
Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas says a third set of water restrictions will allow city crews to reinforce the feeder main.<\/p>\n
He says there\u2019s also a plan to build a replacement pipe that runs parallel to it.<\/p>\n
Restrictions, including shorter showers and fewer toilet flushes, are to begin March 9 and last about four weeks.<\/p>\n
Officials say the city is increasing its daily water threshold to roughly 500 million litres, up from 485 million, after residents in January failed to stay below the lower metric.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know some Calgarians will feel frustrated,\u201d said Farkas at a news conference Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome may roll their eyes at another request for conservation, and I understand that. It\u2019s a lot to do, but it\u2019s very small actions that can have a huge impact across our city.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 2, 2026.<\/p>\n
Dayne Patterson, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CALGARY \u2014 Looming water restrictions for residents in Alberta\u2019s largest city will be a bit more lenient this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-510416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510416","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=510416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}