Commentary
Beneath our feet lies an unseen network of water pipes and valves that we depend on every day. Without this vast underground liquid highway our taps would run dry and our toilets wouldn’t flush—society as we know it would soon screech to a halt.
This is no idle threat. In June 2024, Calgary’s Bearspaw South Feeder Main that supplies up to 60 percent of the city’s drinking water ruptured catastrophically, turning roads into rivers and parks into lakes. An immediate city-wide emergency followed, along with months of severe water restrictions. Then, less than two years later, the same pipe broke again….