Calgary water main break likely repaired by Thursday [Video]

The water main break in the Calgary community of Montgomery is expected to be fixed by Thursday so that flushing of the line and water quality testing can proceed, officials told city councillors on Tuesday morning.

The city is also relaxing restrictions for ‘hot works’ at construction sites it had in place for days to reduce the fire risk. Residents are still asked to conserve water usage until the line is fully operational again.

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“Repairing the pipe, we anticipate, will be completed (on) Thursday, two days from now. Executing feeder main flushing – if you can imagine this feeder main, moving the water through there and cleaning that out – will take considerable time. That’s what we estimate will take three days to move that water,” said Nancy Mackay, the city’s water services director.

“Following that, we will ready …