Research is underway at the University of Saskatchewan on watermain breaks and preventing them.
The research comes on the heels of the water main break that caused many problems for the city of Calgary
The City of Saskatoon and the University of Saskatchewan have partnered to work on improving our water infrastructure so we can avoid a similar situation.
“The timing … highlighted that this research really did need to happen and for the city to have a strategy in place to have critical spare parts available for our larger-diameter pipes,” said Amanda Munshaw, City of Saskatoon Technical Services Engineering manager.
USask researcher, Hamed Samarghandi, explained that through talks with the city he says that the climate of Saskatoon plays a major role in water main breaks and repairs.
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