No water restrictions right now, but Calgary is adopting conservation measures
Amid growing drought concerns, the City of Calgary is telling residents to prepare for possible water restrictions as early as May.
In an update on the city’s drought preparedness plan Tuesday morning, Mayor Jyoti Gondek said every Calgarian needs to conserve water.
“Our first step is to educate people we are in a drought,” she said.
“Before we start to implement restrictions or other measures, I really believe Calgararians will pull together and do the right thing.”
The city says Calgary is experiencing drought conditions, with a higher-than-average risk the conditions will persist in the coming months.
According to Nicole Newton, the city’s natural environment and adaptation manager, river levels are low and reservoir levels are average.
Newton said most of the city’s water comes from the mountain snowpack, which typically falls in March, April, and May. That means it won’t fully understand the situation until then.
If restrictions were to be put in place in May, they would only cover outdoor water usage for things like lawn watering and car washing.
During the preparedness update, the city said it is already washing its cars less, installing more efficient irrigation systems and using moisture monitors to see if trees need to be watered to conserve as much as possible.
Drought concerns across Alberta
According to the province, many areas are currently dealing with drought conditions, particularly in the southern portion of the province.
Right now, Alberta is in stage 4 (out of 5) in its water shortage management response plan.
Kelly Black, an assistant professor and research chair at the University of Calgary, says municipalities must cooperate and be proactive rather than reactive regarding water use.
“It’s really important we talk about what we are using our water for and why, and are we using our water responsibly and sustainably,” she said.
Black says that as a society, we should examine our water use and consider things like whether we really need to use drinking-quality water for things like flushing the toilet.
While industry and agriculture use a large amount of water, Black notes individuals also have a big role in conservation.
“It doesn’t take you long to get up to 200 litres of water a day just in you using your water, and that’s not even considering you watering your lawn or washing your car, which is something I’ve seen a lot of in the summer months.”
Black says people should use the rule of six to easily visualize how much water they’re using — every minute a faucet runs is six litres, every minute in the shower is six litres and every toilet flush is another six litres.
If the city implements outdoor water restrictions in May, it will be the second year in a row.
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