Filling of Calgary’s repaired feeder main nearly complete [Video]

City of Calgary crews are finalizing work filling the Bearspaw feeder main following repairs.

“I’m happy to report that filling the feeder main continues to go well, and we expect to be finished by sometime later today,” Francois Bouchart, the city’s director of capital priorities and investment, said Thursday.

Once the pipe is full, the city will perform water quality and pressure testing. Then, crews will work to stabilize the water system as the Bearspaw feeder main is reconnected to the rest of the network.

Alberta Health Services (AHS) says multiple water quality samples were collected at multiple locations and times throughout the construction and filling process.

“Preliminary test results during the construction phase of the repair have returned and affirm that there was no infiltration and no seepage that entered into the pipe during repair work,” Dr. Franco Rizzuti, the medical officer of health for the Calgary Zone with AHS, said.

Additional water samples will be collected once the filling process is complete.

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