Calgary Water Restrictions Lifted for Easter

0:00It's March 30th. From your city to your ears, this is Canada News today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with the story. Calgary folks are set to drop those water restrictions just in time for Easter weekend. The city's top infrastructure boss says repairs on a key water main are raving up, with the all clear possibly coming as early as Thursday. This bare-spot South feeder main pumps 60% of the treated water to 1.6 million residents. A blue out back in June 2024, then again late December, sparking those earlier cutbacks. Over the last three weeks, everyone's been tightening up shorter showers, skipping extra flushes, bunching up laundry and dish runs to save every drop. Crews are testing the water right now to confirm it's safe to drink, but the pipes still fragile at high risk of busting without notice during pressure shifts. A permanent fix won't hit till years end, so their urgent caution even after restrictions lift better safe while the flow stabilizes.