CP NewsAlert: Calgary water main repaired, restrictions remain until testing done

By Canadian Press on January 9, 2026.

CALGARY — The City of Calgary says it has finished repairs on a disastrous water main break, but testing still needs to be done before it’s good to go.

City officials say residents are still being asked to reduce their water use until the testing is complete, which is expected to take several days.

It says the pipe, which carries approximately 60 per cent of the city’s water, needs to be slowly filled back up and the water has to be tested for quality.

The feeder main ruptured last week for the second time in two years, and officials have pleaded with residents to take shorter showers and flush their toilets fewer times so water is available for emergency services such as firefighting.

The city says water use has been too high nearly every day since the pipe broke.

A report issued this week on the previous rupture blames decades of underinvestment, as well as deferred inspection and maintenance projects.

More coming.

The Canadian Press