And it’s racist of you to ask.
Calgary Herald- City of Calgary says nothing of busted crisis-causing water pipe
On the sixth day of water restrictions and with another week before we find out when we’re back to normal, it’s the moment for the simple question. When was the last time the City of Calgary inspected this segment of pipe, this particular pipe that is no more? And when the City of Calgary inspected this pipe what did they find?
The question is handed off to Francois Bouchard, a big shot at the city. “I don’t actually have any specific data to share with you.”
It seems to have been a “surprise” …
With more thorough monitoring, it’d be less of a surprise, but at some point taxes will have to be raised (more than the 7% rise in the past year?) … perhaps, perhaps, what’s your upper limit for tax increases?
Well, so many questions.
How about we spend our tax dollars on maintaining and building infrastructure instead of buying rainbow epaulettes for the emergency management agency?
On that note, why does Calgary have a dedicated emergency management agency? Are all the emergencies the city councils declares just so they can justify this seemingly useless department?
That mind corroding additive in the water was unexpectedly corrosive.
I’m not too worried about their inspection records, what’s important is their DEI score.
Might be a good idea for everyone to start going back to cisterns in the basement or a big ole water tank buried in their backyard. I’ve got a feeling this is going to start becoming a lot more common.
Had this discussion with more than a few people lately. More and more people are showing up (sometimes) at work to collect a paycheck and that’s it. Not many take pride in their work anymore.
How many cities and towns in Canada are now going “oh……..” and scrambling to find/produce their records?
The city is following the Obama birth certificate processing timeline. Delay, deny, obfuscate … then, when Donald Trump applies SERIOUS pressure … release the FAKE birth certificate that the Press gobbles down like their morning porridge.
The city will ‘suddenly’ find the maintenance records … eventually … after Ezra Levant applies the pressure (sorry).
With 30,000 employees to expertly manage, I’ll bet there is a lot of CYA happening. Who gives a shit about the prime directive of sewer, water, and garbage when you have a planet to save and a herd to domesticate and rule over.
Water pipes are so … so … colonial.
and rayCIST Kenji
The first duty of a government bureaucracy is to protect the government bureaucracy. The second is to GROW the government bureaucracy.
Inspect the pipe?
It is a 78 inch diameter pipe buried over 10 feet below ground. Pretty hard to inspect that. They have sent some sort of robot camera about 300 meters into the empty pipe to look for any other damaged areas. Repairs proceeding. By tonight, it will be one week since the break and they expect to complete the repair early next week.
Calgary water main break likely repaired by Thursday, fully operational in a week
This feeder main is about 11 Km in length, and almost 50 years old.
Not hard to inspect at all. Pipelines that are under EXTREME pressure are inspected all the time. The depth makes no difference.
Winnipeg has a cement aqueduct that runs over 100 miles from Shoal Lake Ontario. Constructed of concrete over 100 years ago. Every year, the tap is shut, the 5′ pipe is drained and inspectors access the pipe and send in crews for crack repairs as needed. Money and time well spent. Not much left in the kitty for pothole repairs unfortunately.
Winnipeg is an Indian word that means pothole.
Maybe an enterprising reporter could go ask Thuro about it?
Yeah! They came to look at our sewr connection to coty street main, did a video, and provided an estimate, for no cost.
Smiley face!
The City sent a crew to snake the line once, but didn’t like putting their tool in. Sad face!
Well … literally just last week my local water company EBMUD dug up the street behind my house. Just randomly dug up a spot in the middle of a long stretch of road. Their hole was all of 5ft x 5ft square and about 6ft deep. I asked them what they were doing, and they said repairing a leak in the main water supply line. I asked how they could pinpoint the leak to some random spot in the street, and they said they have sophisticated leak detection equipment and processes that can put them right over the leak.
It was truly impressive how they pinpointed that leak … in about a 24” dia. mainline.
Oh … and the crew dug up the street, repaired the leak, and put the paving back together in about 4 hours. Amazing work.
There is equipment made specifically to run through water supply pipes. I worked with a forwarding company that sent its client to Benghazi Libya to run the inspections. If a sh*thole like Benghazi can afford to get inspections, anyone can.
“I don’t actually have any specific data to share with you.”
Two possibilities:
1. I don’t know.
2. You would lynch me if you found out.
Of course it was because of some other factors, certainly not because of Mayor/Council.
Fine upstanding citizens like Jyoti or Chowsescu are very busy with other stuff, real burning stuff not menial things like water, transportation, garbage, security. They are busy with DEI compliance, immigrant sanctuary-friendly, pro-Hamas, all woke/eco-green/gender alphabet-soup issues.
Here’s some moron “journalist” from CBC, 2021 proud of Calgary’s “progressive” choices:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-progressive-mayors-naheed-jyoti-1.6221389
Someone should ask this guy how proud he is now.
From CBC? The it would not be able to make the connection.
that FILTHY LIBERAL Francis wishes he had an An Incompetent Big Shot Protection Program
Proves what I have been saying all along. The city spent on degenerate promotion, i.e. pride and tranny flags and crosswalks, instead of maintaining infrastructure.
Here is the technology and the company that should have been employed by the city.
https://youtu.be/T2QnIg_9Syc?si=l_iRqLIoHHamwWmH
Interesting. Thanks Mike.