Two additional pieces of pipe from the San Diego Water Authority arrived last night in order to repair the remaining hotpots in Calgary’s water main feeder.
Today marks two weeks since a water main feeder in Calgary burst resulting in the current water crisis in Calgary and its surrounding communities, like Airdrie. Airdrie remains under a level four outdoor water restriction.
Current and comprehensive news stories from around Calgary and Southern Alberta.
Concrete pipes weighing over 12 thousand pounds. They have a long journey ahead. The San Diego County Water Authority is sending two of the pipes 16 hundred miles north. They are going to Calgary to help with the water crisis.
“This is one of several pieces of pipe we have in our yard that we store in case of emergency. Thankfully we are able to release two of these pipes to Calgary. They need it more than we do,” said Martin Coghill.
Carlsbad’s desalination plant, which provides 10 percent of San Diego County’s drinking water, will get $19.4 million for the construction of its new seawater intakes as part of $142 million in federal grants for water projects throughout the West.
Construction of the new facilities began in January 2023 at the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant, a spokesperson for the San Diego County Water Authority said Friday. The new intake screens will be placed in operation this fall, and the full project should be finished in early 2025.
Twelve days after a massive water main broke in Calgary, a pair of replacement pipes from San Diego will start a multi-day journey heading north to help crews here repair five sections.
“These are spare pipes that we’ve had in our yard and they are a suitable size for use in Calgary,” Martin Coghill told CTV News.
The letter that brought down Adel Hagekhalil, the general manager of the Metropolitan Water District, is getting buried by the news it generated.
The big headline about the letter, Politico first revealed, is that its claims of dysfunctional management and harassment led the Metropolitan Board of Directors to place Hagekhalil on administrative leave and appoint an interim general manager.
Current. Credible. Calgary. That’s the focus on CONNECT with Sarah Crosbie.
San Diego County Water Authority program manager Martin Coghill: “I can only imagine how much stress is involved.”
Help is on the way for the City of Calgary amid its water problems.
The City of Calgary confirmed the San Diego County Water Authority helped it to source a piece of feeder main pipe.
“It is currently being transported from San Diego to Calgary and will be arriving this week,” tweeted the City of Calgary on Sunday.
“Stay classy, San Diego.”
I saw a heartwarming tweet on Sunday. It was notable for two reasons. The first was that something heartwarming was a nice change of pace. But the second was that it spoke to a story that is currently very much in the news and also very relevant to my interests. The municipal water-service department in San Diego, California, is shipping the city of Calgary a spare section of pipe. It is apparently exactly what Calgary needs to help recover from the recent catastrophic water-main failure that has deprived the city of 60 per cent of its potable water supply, resulting in the declaration, this weekend, of a state of emergency.
Rep. Mike Levin announced Thursday that he has secured $32.2 million in federal funds for three desalination projects to increase water security in north San Diego and south Orange counties.
