Alberta Launches Review of Calgary Water Main Ruptures

Calgarians are being urged to keep reducing their water use as work to repair a major water main stretches into a second day in Calgary, on June 7, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

The Alberta government is launching a review of Calgary’s water system after the city’s largest water main ruptured on Dec. 30, the second break of the same feeder main in less than two years, as Calgarians continue to face water restrictions.

The Bearspaw South Feeder Main ruptured around 8 p.m. on Dec. 30, causing flooding that required police and firefighters to rescue 13 people from their vehicles. The water main broke on 16 Avenue Northwest, east of Sarcee Trail. Officials said the pipe burst due to a rapid drop in pressure.