Why Your Next Mayor Should Be an Engineer An essential water pipe in Calgary, responsible for supplying a significant portion of the city’s drinking water, catastrophically ruptured in June 2024. This event led to widespread flooding and initiated a city-wide emergency with prolonged water restrictions. The same pipe experienced a second rupture less than two years later, underscoring the critical nature of underground water infrastructure.

• An unseen network of underground water pipes and valves is essential for daily life.
• The Bearspaw South Feeder Main in Calgary, supplying up to 60% of the city’s drinking water, ruptured catastrophically in June 2024.
• The rupture caused flooding and an immediate city-wide emergency with severe water restrictions.
• The same pipe broke again less than two years later.