Pipes being flushed as Calgary poised to turn the taps back on [Video]

Calgarians cut their water consumption by 23 per cent Friday, giving Mayor Gondek some good news to announce at her Saturday morning update on the state of the city’s water supply.

After scolding residents for blowing through the 480 million litre threshold Thursday, when consumption hit 500 million litres, Gondek said Friday’s consumption dropped to 460 million litres.

“Thank you sincerely for understanding what we needed to do together,” Gondek said.

Saturday afternoon, Gondek reiterated that message as members of the city’s emergency management team delivered updates on the state of the city’s water supply.

The system has been repaired and work is on schedule restoring water service to the feeder main, which crews finished filling with water Friday night.

Flushing was being completed Saturday afternoon, and Gondek said acoustic and pressure monitoring have shown no areas of concern.

“Preliminary steps look encouraging,” she said.

The timeline for completion isn’t quite clear but it’s getting close, …