City crews check the damage on the Trans-Canada Highway from a reported water main break in Calgary, Alberta in December, 2025.Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
Calgarians are once again being asked to take shorter showers and reduce toilet flushes as the latest round of water restrictions kicks in.
As of today, the city is asking residents in Calgary and surrounding communities to ease up on water use as its Bearspaw South Feeder Main is shut down for a month for more repairs.
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It’s the third time the city has imposed voluntary water use limits in the past two years because of the faulty water main, which carries 60 per cent of all treated water.
The most recent shutdown came in December after the pipe burst through the concrete of a major roadway.
Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas says officials are hoping for stronger communication this time around as the city enters a renewed round of water restrictions while crews reinforce a water main that ruptured in June, 2024 and again in December, 2025.
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Crews will work on reinforcing the water main in hopes of keeping it running while it also works to build a replacement line that is slated to be done by year’s end.
Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas is expected to speak about the shutdown later today at a community resource centre set up for neighbourhood residents directly impacted by construction in the area.