{"id":536820,"date":"2026-03-14T23:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536820\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T23:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:14:12","slug":"theres-no-way-we-could-boil-water-for-2000-people-businesses-face-challenges-amid-boil-water-advisory-in-southwest-calgary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536820\/","title":{"rendered":"‘There’s no way we could boil water for 2,000 people’ \u2014 businesses face challenges amid boil-water advisory in southwest Calgary"},"content":{"rendered":"

A boil-water advisory in effect<\/a> for Spruce Cliff and parts of Wildwood and Rosscarrock is posing challenges for businesses in the area, including those in and around Westbrook Mall.<\/p>\n

For Jubilations Dinner Theatre and Aussie Rules Piano Bar, the advisory almost meant cancelling a weekend of sold-out shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was huge,\u201d said Syreeta Bennie, the company\u2019s vice-president. Around 10:30 a.m. on Friday, the staff realized there was no water coming into the building.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe called 311 to determine what was going on, and were told that they had found an issue in the water main along this block, and to just hold tight,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Water hauler to the rescue<\/p>\n

But they could only wait so long before they needed to start prepping food for Friday night\u2019s show. After calling back a few more times throughout the day and checking the website regularly for updates, there still wasn\u2019t a timeline for when the issue would be resolved.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur president was like, \u2018What do we do? We\u2019ve got to find a solution.\u2019 So he called around, and we got to connect with Big Rock (Water Hauling),\u201d Bennie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were fantastic. They were here within the hour, they had a plumber out right away to check to see, can we make this happen? And everyone was super creative to make sure that we could have a show for the guests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not long after Big Rock had hooked up to building, she said, the city notified them their water was back in service, but that there would be a boil-water advisory in effect.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat made us go, \u2018Thank goodness we had this.\u2019 There\u2019s no way we could boil water for 2,000 people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Big Rock Water Hauling came to the rescue of Jubilations Dinner Theatre and Aussie Rules Piano Bar after a boil-water advisory came into effect for the area on Friday.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the water supply from Big Rock, they were able to run business as usual for Friday night\u2019s shows, and will continue for the remainder of the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a no-brainer for the president to say, \u2018We gotta make this work. We cannot cancel all of these people.\u2019 We\u2019ve got birthdays, we\u2019ve got anniversaries, we\u2019ve got people who\u2019ve been planning for months,\u201d Bennie said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so important to us that we were able to maintain everybody\u2019s plans to the best of our ability. It\u2019s gonna be a really expensive undertaking as a business, but we felt that the loss of our guests not having the experience we promised is greater than the cost of doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city said Friday the advisory, which is unrelated to the Bearspaw South feeder main updates, will likely be in effect for a minimum of three days. Bennie said she hasn\u2019t received any updates yet, but given the cost of the third-party water services, it may not be feasible for them to continue with them through the coming week.<\/p>\n

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A boil-water advisory notice was posted outside businesses at Westbrook Mall on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel bad for the people at 311, because they don\u2019t know either,\u201d she said.\u00a0\u201cFingers crossed, it\u2019s fixed by Monday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rod Birnie-Browne, one of the owners of Big Rock Water Hauling, said he\u2019s happy the company is able to help out other businesses in times of crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s satisfying to us too, because we\u2019re a business, and we\u2019ve actually had our water main break here outside of our building, and we were able to take care of ourselves and never had to shut down,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cBut we help a lot of businesses out with emergency portable water.\u201d<\/p>\n

Calgary climate poses challenge<\/p>\n

The city, he said, does the best they can in situations like this, and recommends Big Rock\u2019s services where applicable.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, you know, the pipes got old. They break,\u201d he said. Even in areas of the city with newer pipes, he added, the repeated freezing and thawing in Calgary\u2019s climate can wreak havoc on the infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just the nature of the beast. It freezes, and then it warms up \u2026 and that causes pipes underground to break,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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