Update on repairs to water main break in Calgary

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  • Опубліковано 9 чер 2024
  • An official in Calgary says crews are working around the clock to repair the water main break and outlines steps that are being taken.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 165

  • @Alpinetowing
    @Alpinetowing Місяць тому +86

    Calgary......The best way to save water in a time like this is to drink more beer.
    Proud to be Canadian

    • @nwc3270
      @nwc3270 Місяць тому +7

      True Canadian spirit

    • @Damien-Infinity
      @Damien-Infinity Місяць тому +5

      MORE BEER!🤓😜

    • @christophermerlot3366
      @christophermerlot3366 Місяць тому

      Dayglo Abortions fan.

    • @deletedcomment2478
      @deletedcomment2478 Місяць тому +2

      I know Albertans and there’s no way you fellas can drink more you’re maxed out now.

    • @S3xOnWheels
      @S3xOnWheels Місяць тому

      Only one per cent of water is actually consumed by humans, you cannot drink your way out of this.

  • @sylvieannpilon3281
    @sylvieannpilon3281 Місяць тому +19

    Thanks for providing the update, that being said, it would have been appreciated and beneficial to show the details shown on the screen behind the spoke person, about the different water routes in the city.

    • @memons
      @memons Місяць тому

      Cameraman is untrained probably on low wage

  • @michaelattoe5710
    @michaelattoe5710 Місяць тому +51

    Why is the cameraman leaving the camera fixed on the person talking instead of showing the picture she is using to explain the situation?

    • @ye333
      @ye333 Місяць тому +2

      To make it look very different from yesterday?

    • @3Iffy3
      @3Iffy3 Місяць тому

      Autism

    • @hotel283
      @hotel283 Місяць тому +1

      Talk to the shop steward, cameraman is on break. It's in the CBA.

    • @memons
      @memons Місяць тому

      Simply stupid

    • @moniquemcpherson6927
      @moniquemcpherson6927 Місяць тому

      To guide you to the city's website for further information.

  • @Winterbiker333
    @Winterbiker333 Місяць тому +11

    I hope the city will learn something from this. Redundancy should be built into the system rather than holding the entire system at risk. Unbelievable that this happens in a city the size of Calgary.

    • @christinamann3640
      @christinamann3640 Місяць тому

      I was wondering if redundancies should built in to the system

  • @wildoatling
    @wildoatling Місяць тому +13

    I actually really appreciate how frequent the city has issued updates on this.

    • @EnsignRedshirtRicky
      @EnsignRedshirtRicky Місяць тому

      Even though this is from yesterday?

    • @ChiefThanos
      @ChiefThanos Місяць тому

      ​@EnsignRedshirtRicky The person is a.i. Isn't real

    • @wildoatling
      @wildoatling Місяць тому

      @@ChiefThanos I feel pretty real but ok

  • @martinpolach6171
    @martinpolach6171 Місяць тому +5

    SHOW the slide !

  • @jilbertb
    @jilbertb Місяць тому +3

    Calgarians....
    Sounds like an alien on the original StarTrek.
    I feel sorry for the subordinate who spent their time making the graphics we never got to see.

  • @guy_with_phone4466
    @guy_with_phone4466 Місяць тому +8

    I know someone who used to work for the city as a millwright. From what I've heard I'm surprised we still have running water.

    • @Pickleriiiiiick
      @Pickleriiiiiick Місяць тому +2

      That's the case for 99% of cities in northern America. We did a great job expanding civilization but all of that infrastructure is getting old and most of the budgets are going to management and further expansion.

    • @tyraelhermosa
      @tyraelhermosa Місяць тому

      I’ve heard stories of wooden pipes, old concrete pipes with asbestos insulation…

    • @thisisausername.595
      @thisisausername.595 Місяць тому

      im sure theres some horrific lovecraftian pipe out there we have yet to discover

  • @calinrothnie8912
    @calinrothnie8912 Місяць тому +10

    I haven’t had a shower in 4 days. 5 minutes wouldn’t hurt right?

    • @lc9952
      @lc9952 Місяць тому +2

      5 mins is fine. No more then 30 mins to be safe but tbh I don't care. I pay my taxes ima use all the water I want

    • @SlowMoebius
      @SlowMoebius Місяць тому

      Yes? It's legal to shower, they just want you to gmcut water usage by 25% of what it usually is.

    • @DJDinnerPlaTe
      @DJDinnerPlaTe Місяць тому +4

      @@lc9952tough guy lmao

    • @christinamann3640
      @christinamann3640 Місяць тому

      Get wet, turn off the water, soap up, and then quickly rinse. That should be okay.

  • @angelahalvorsen8630
    @angelahalvorsen8630 Місяць тому +3

    Whatvis the point in the screen with pictures if they are not going to show them.

    • @memons
      @memons Місяць тому

      Cameraman is asleep

  • @PowerPlay25kV
    @PowerPlay25kV Місяць тому +5

    I’m not a fluid engineer (electricity is my domain)… instead of having one massive record breaking diameter pipe as a single point of failure, why not have multiple smaller diameter pipes that are much more manageable to repair and have more readily available parts in stock?
    When we build large we need to expect large failures because all infrastructure is destained to fail at some point or another.

  • @892303001
    @892303001 Місяць тому +23

    never let a crisis go to waste

  • @kylekrow5637
    @kylekrow5637 Місяць тому

    Daily slow work video I taken.
    Pump stations around city. How clean is the water if I test on average 275 ppm.

  • @ScotchOnyx
    @ScotchOnyx Місяць тому +1

    How do we know this same issue will not happen on any other water main that is over 50years old?

  • @MarkCrosby_Smitix
    @MarkCrosby_Smitix Місяць тому +2

    Why don't they show the images she is talking about. I don't need a close up of her talking...

    • @memons
      @memons Місяць тому

      You are absolutely right

  • @Christopher.Holwell
    @Christopher.Holwell Місяць тому +1

    Why wouldn't they have a valves upstream to block in flow

  • @TheMikalImperator
    @TheMikalImperator Місяць тому +19

    This is a re-broadcast of the update last night. The Mayor is wearing the same clothes, on the right edge of the screen. No new information for today.

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Місяць тому

      Your point????

    • @hithere8753
      @hithere8753 Місяць тому +4

      The mayor is a dunce. Real work needs to get done and no amount of virtue signaling can compensate for that.

    • @zzing
      @zzing Місяць тому

      @@hithere8753it sounds like real work is being done, what specific virtue signalling is present here?

    • @hithere8753
      @hithere8753 Місяць тому

      @@zzing "The message"

    • @leighwhite9656
      @leighwhite9656 Місяць тому

      How are you suppose too shower or wash your clothes if your on a water ban

  • @DC-yl4vc
    @DC-yl4vc Місяць тому +4

    lol at all the experts...yeah you and your buddies could fix it in 20 mins, sure

  • @billysminute2501
    @billysminute2501 Місяць тому

    Brings back fond memories of my grade one lessons with Miss Staples.

  • @AustinDeshaies
    @AustinDeshaies Місяць тому +2

    What she just said was the rupture was the result of water hammer that was do to shutting off the pipe so is it human or computer related problem?

  • @robertgrey5993
    @robertgrey5993 Місяць тому +10

    Let’s see the slide.

  • @seanmacdonald9808
    @seanmacdonald9808 Місяць тому +1

    Get some oilpatch workers in there they would have had it done two days ago

  • @marc2769
    @marc2769 Місяць тому +1

    So many companies can’t work is the city going to compensate them for lost wages due to incompetence on the city’s part. I love that there is no accountability for their end.

    • @zacatkinson3926
      @zacatkinson3926 Місяць тому

      What companies?

    • @marc2769
      @marc2769 Місяць тому

      @@zacatkinson3926
      Anyone that does hot work, vac trucks, power washing basically anything that need water

  • @mrscary113
    @mrscary113 Місяць тому

    What caused the problem?

  • @mattcurcic5585
    @mattcurcic5585 Місяць тому +1

    I like how she includes herself as if she did any work other than reading and presenting the information.

    • @Greenfox86
      @Greenfox86 Місяць тому

      All of them wanna feel special without doing actually anything. They are ridiculous. 🤡🤡🤡" oh, our mini robot, blah blah," she hasn't got a clue.

  • @WayWillow
    @WayWillow Місяць тому +2

    "A lot of water, a big effort" A grade 3 grad! 😂😂😂

  • @theunknowncomic9047
    @theunknowncomic9047 Місяць тому +2

    What kind of pipe was it? PVC, Ductile, steel, HDPE????

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Місяць тому +1

      Concrete. Water is very corrosive to steel. Hope this helps.

    • @kenlam4978
      @kenlam4978 Місяць тому +3

      have you ever seen a 2.0m diameter HDPE, DB2, PVC or Carlon pipe? ask better question you electrical expert lol

    • @taylorbradshaw9353
      @taylorbradshaw9353 Місяць тому +1

      @@fiddlersthree8463there are many steel water pipes, sometimes lined internally. This particular pipe appears to be pre-stressed concrete cylinder PCCP, you can see the damaged high tension steel wires coiled around it. If enough of those high tension steel wires fail, either from corrosion or hydrogen embrittlement, the pipe can fail catastrophically.

    • @john9951
      @john9951 Місяць тому

      I hear it was Reinforced concrete pipe!

    • @theunknowncomic9047
      @theunknowncomic9047 Місяць тому +1

      @@kenlam4978 yes! That’s what I do for a living! And yes there is a 72” HDPE pipe.

  • @bbloodyangel1
    @bbloodyangel1 Місяць тому +6

    its been 2 days and youre still assessing? what do you do for 48 hours

    • @lazloperry5242
      @lazloperry5242 Місяць тому

      More than you, a $ $h 0 le

    • @marjoriecorcora7617
      @marjoriecorcora7617 Місяць тому +2

      Go down to the site and have a look if you’re so curious. Pull the engineers aside and ask them what they have and have not done and how much longer it will take…get them to explain the process and what’s involved. You could even ask them to draw you a picture.

    • @bbloodyangel1
      @bbloodyangel1 Місяць тому +1

      @@marjoriecorcora7617 and why would i do something that stupid

    • @Nites2k
      @Nites2k Місяць тому

      ​@@bbloodyangel1 lol then why the hell you ask bahaha

    • @iron___
      @iron___ Місяць тому +1

      You do realize that doing a proper engineering assessment is not something that can be done overnight, right?
      Would you prefer they rush to complete the job and risk this happening again?

  • @ryanpmack
    @ryanpmack Місяць тому

    How in 2024 can you have a video that isn't recorded in stereo.

  • @kurash2
    @kurash2 Місяць тому +8

    When will you fix it? you didn't answer the key question

  • @kimwong237
    @kimwong237 Місяць тому +1

    Great to be able to see the charts. Not.

  • @kylekrow5637
    @kylekrow5637 Місяць тому

    There is a river right there that the water was able to drain to.

  • @theflowpowa42oshow
    @theflowpowa42oshow Місяць тому

    'water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink'

  • @yanniegrannie
    @yanniegrannie Місяць тому +7

    Selling yesterday's news as new? Sad

  • @Offsnfs
    @Offsnfs Місяць тому

    Why’s this water main break so important to her there’s other things the public wants her to addres

  • @3Iffy3
    @3Iffy3 Місяць тому +1

    Let it go let it go can't hold it back anymore

  • @MoeFugger1972
    @MoeFugger1972 Місяць тому +6

    She looks well showered and cloths look nice and clean. Also car washes are an essential service so stop asking why they are open. Please dont gawk at the lazy city workers it makes them feel uncomfortable

  • @sharroon7574
    @sharroon7574 Місяць тому +1

    Who is this woman?

  • @user-kt5sq6eh2p
    @user-kt5sq6eh2p Місяць тому

    How about a rebate on our water bills because of the crappy unreliable service?!

  • @matthewmeakin8343
    @matthewmeakin8343 Місяць тому +3

    Thanks for the hard efforts

    • @JimMacintosh
      @JimMacintosh Місяць тому

      Do not thank them. They are incompetent, over paid and do not listen to the tax payers they represent.

  • @kylekrow5637
    @kylekrow5637 Місяць тому

    Why do they just walk back and forth all day. No seeing them do anything.

  • @korky7674
    @korky7674 Місяць тому +16

    No rainbow uniforms today?

  • @normkeller2405
    @normkeller2405 Місяць тому +11

    Blah, blah, strong team, absolutely committed, all Calgarians, blah, blah, blah.

    • @cynthiacools-lartigue5297
      @cynthiacools-lartigue5297 Місяць тому +1

      Let’s have officials at the helm who are actually proactive instead of playing defence all the time on our dime and our sacrifice. Repair the dam with band aid solutions and then be shocked when it breaks. Imagine if we treated our homes with the same logic……. It’s like that guy whose overweight who spends money on really nice expensive exercise clothes but forgets to eat properly and sports the clothes to look healthy. We need common sense at all levels of government. Gondek begging and blaming the province to fix this problem was a pathetic.

  • @CanadaHasFallen
    @CanadaHasFallen Місяць тому +15

    The wild incompetence, wilful neglect, and corruption is stunning. What a great country

    • @user-pk6fk5ns1s
      @user-pk6fk5ns1s Місяць тому

      Especially within Calgary. Ran by NIMBY boomers. What if we built more high rises? They would have found this water pipe issue way earlier. What a bunch of incompetent fools.

    • @CanadaHasFallen
      @CanadaHasFallen Місяць тому

      @jeff-xl9dv2cp6z Neglected maintenance, wasted money on other needless and essentially pointless things when important infrastructure like this is failing and on its last legs. That is incompetence. Also the repair is taking way longer than needed. Again, rampant incompetence at the highest levels down to middle management.

  • @discolissa666
    @discolissa666 Місяць тому

    Sound only on one side

  • @CatalystNetwork
    @CatalystNetwork Місяць тому

    You can start the video at 5:30
    You’re welcome.
    All the other time is useless government babbling

  • @CanadaVlog-gm2jf
    @CanadaVlog-gm2jf Місяць тому

    Uncontrolled development and massive internal migration put pressure on infra

  • @gayle4795
    @gayle4795 Місяць тому +1

    Just get our everyday, plumbers, they know how to fix the problem, we don't need government, that will charge 100 times more then what it is worth~

  • @cullycross4786
    @cullycross4786 Місяць тому +7

    City crews hard at it.....LMAO....NOT

  • @bobnordstrom5944
    @bobnordstrom5944 Місяць тому +16

    City workers will milk this for over time .

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Місяць тому +8

      They should work overtime for nothing?

    • @bennylava8717
      @bennylava8717 Місяць тому

      @@fiddlersthree8463 regular pa is fine, they did inspection in April2024 and didn't see anything wrong, they screw up

    • @znk0r
      @znk0r Місяць тому

      Ah your slaves right?

    • @troubledseed
      @troubledseed Місяць тому +1

      @@fiddlersthree8463 Not Bob's point. His point is they will take their time so that the Overtime pays.. Which an emergency job like this would pay crazy amounts

    • @albundy7623
      @albundy7623 Місяць тому +1

      @@bennylava8717maybe it broke in the time between. I’m sure those guys have some pride and want to provide services for the public. I sure hope so haha

  • @mico1664
    @mico1664 Місяць тому +3

    I showered yesterday and today and did dishes

  • @hithere8753
    @hithere8753 Місяць тому +9

    What an incompetent city. One main breaks and the whole city is held hostage for over a week.

    • @iron___
      @iron___ Місяць тому +2

      It's a feeder main, which means that a large amount of the municipal water in the city flows through that pipe. That means the pipe is very big, a lot of water was released, which takes time to remove because you can't assess the damage and repair properly when it's flooded.
      Sometimes it's important to realize that not everything can be fixed overnight and that things take time.

    • @hithere8753
      @hithere8753 Місяць тому +1

      @iron___ its baffling that there aren't sufficient redundancies

  • @Anonymous_Whisper
    @Anonymous_Whisper Місяць тому

    Hypnosis and gas lighting 😅😅

  • @patricksmith4640
    @patricksmith4640 Місяць тому

    This doesn't add up

  • @swamplord5710
    @swamplord5710 Місяць тому +1

    Since when do water lines burst in the summer? Seems like it was done on purpose...🤔

    • @iron___
      @iron___ Місяць тому +1

      Not all water lines burst due to freezing. There are plenty of other causes like age (this pipe was likely very old, I heard it was tabbed for maintenance prior to the leak), maintenance, improper construction, improper installation, improper materials used, etc.
      Not everything is a conspiracy..

    • @WhyWorldWet
      @WhyWorldWet Місяць тому +1

      Things done on purpose…need a motive. What. Is. The. Motive here?

    • @kitchensink1803
      @kitchensink1803 Місяць тому

      This is a FEEDER main, not the same as a water main in the neighborhoods. This pipe is 6' in diameter and takes water from the Bearspaw water treatment plant and sends it to reservoirs where the pipe distribution system sends it to houses and businesses. They explained this about 3 updates ago...

  • @user-ct6hf4jr1t
    @user-ct6hf4jr1t Місяць тому +10

    Gondek is useless and must resign.
    The city must reduce property taxes by cutting a lot of services that don’t benefit the property owners requirements.

  • @Anonymous_Whisper
    @Anonymous_Whisper Місяць тому

    Conditioning and social engineering

    • @859duke
      @859duke Місяць тому +1

      How?

    • @Anonymous_Whisper
      @Anonymous_Whisper Місяць тому

      @@859duke you don't listen to them speak? They want you to reduce water use or else they will ration the water.. they want 50% reduction .. but that's just a cover. They really just want to ration water. They are musing at the idea of rationing water so they can fight arson fires they claim are climate change.

    • @Anonymous_Whisper
      @Anonymous_Whisper Місяць тому

      @@859duke after that probably food rationing if they can manage it.

    • @philster6383
      @philster6383 Місяць тому

      THANKS for the daily dumb. flat earther

    • @kitchensink1803
      @kitchensink1803 Місяць тому

      100% agreed. The news is already saying the restrictions will be full time. "See how well you did all you Calgarians - keep it up - FOR THE ENVIRONMENT"

  • @lindawalker8949
    @lindawalker8949 Місяць тому +12

    If they had hired a few oil field workers this main would be repaired in five minutes.

    • @d2c341
      @d2c341 Місяць тому +5

      Plenty of oilfield workers are also utilities workers. Been there done that. Thanks for your limited knowledge on the subject Linda.

    • @cuunthaandlethis
      @cuunthaandlethis Місяць тому

      Easy there union....pff

  • @lynnplestid2711
    @lynnplestid2711 Місяць тому

    Great news crew, NOT !

  • @greatsavage6967
    @greatsavage6967 Місяць тому

    Where are her pride colors

  • @Tugela60
    @Tugela60 Місяць тому

    Lack of maintenance is why everyone is moving out of Alberta.

  • @gayle4795
    @gayle4795 Місяць тому +1

    blah, blah blah...$$$$$$$$

  • @wintertarzanjagrup2527
    @wintertarzanjagrup2527 Місяць тому +1

    This is why americans have alwaya been roasting canada for so many years

  • @charlesward9486
    @charlesward9486 Місяць тому +4

    Sorry Calgary council, but if I don't get a break on my taxes, I'm not reducing my water consumption one bit. Filled the hot tub this weekend and now it's time to enjoy it!

    • @859duke
      @859duke Місяць тому +1

      Enjoy the charges! lol

    • @charlesward9486
      @charlesward9486 Місяць тому +1

      @@859duke LOL! In your dreams sunshine! Guaranteed will never happen!

  • @pjsriar
    @pjsriar Місяць тому +1

    Shouldn't be more than a 24-hour job, wasting taxpayers' money, and not using resources efficiently.

  • @TomBrown-cq4vu
    @TomBrown-cq4vu Місяць тому +6

    Gondek got city workers to up the pressure on the water main to break it, so she can come up as a hero.....what a liar she is !

    • @fiddlersthree8463
      @fiddlersthree8463 Місяць тому

      Oh gawd. The utter stupidity. And you are allowed to vote?????

    • @dontdriveangree
      @dontdriveangree Місяць тому +4

      Seek therapy

    • @chrisforsyth8323
      @chrisforsyth8323 Місяць тому

      Prove your allegation, you liar. I didn't even vote for her, but you are just a liar.

    • @pacman3556
      @pacman3556 Місяць тому +6

      your proof of this?

    • @albundy7623
      @albundy7623 Місяць тому

      They Live

  • @peru716
    @peru716 Місяць тому +3

    I’m seeing a common occurrence here. Every time there’s an update it’s a woman. No wonder they’re still working on it.

    • @TocYounger
      @TocYounger Місяць тому

      Wait... you're right! A bureaucracy that uses a single person as a point of contact for the dissemination of information?? That makes no sense, clearly they should have a different person each day... consistency is the enemy of a productive solution, as always.

    • @peru716
      @peru716 Місяць тому +1

      @@TocYounger well they had the mayor with her speech, then they had a representative from the Calgary police with her rainbow shoulder pads. So there was that.

  • @Myopinion789
    @Myopinion789 Місяць тому

    Is it a coincidence that we are failing as a society and have more women in power?
    Ponder that for a while.🤔

  • @ltsingrog
    @ltsingrog Місяць тому

    Maybe nenshi can help

  • @littlefarmer_32
    @littlefarmer_32 Місяць тому

    I wonder where the money laundering is headed for this time. Flippin unbelievable

  • @ltsingrog
    @ltsingrog Місяць тому

    Xi Jin ping will fixed this problems in half day

    • @cuunthaandlethis
      @cuunthaandlethis Місяць тому

      Is that before or after he finds out he should WAY more female relatives ?