Calgarians continue to cut water consumption over weekend: Gondek

Calgarians continued to conserve water Saturday as city residents contended with a major water main break that remains days away from being fixed.

Calgarians continued to conserve water Saturday as city residents contended with a major water main break that remains days away from being fixed.

Mayor Jyoti Gondek met with the media Sunday, where she shared some encouraging data about Calgary water consumption since the main feeder line ruptured last Wednesday.

On that day, the city’s water consumption was 650 million litres, the mayor said.

By Friday, it had dropped to 484 million litres, a downward trend that continued Saturday, when the unverified number was 440 million litres, Gondek said.

“You can see how your efforts have paid off,” she said.

Gondek said city residents need to continue to curb their water consumption until the broken pipe is fixed later in the week.

She suggested, among other things, turning off timers on sprinklers, no ice making, no running dishwashers unless it’s a full load, turning the tap off while shaving or brushing your teeth and only flushing the toilet when you absolutely have to.