Wednesday, April 8, 2026
The City of Calgary is starting a proactive assessment of a section of the Bearspaw South Feeder Main this week.
The inspection will run from the Bearspaw Water Treatment plant to the 33 Avenue N.W. pump station and will use use a robotic PipeDiver, a tool that assesses pipe condition by measuring the thickness of the pipe walls using ultra sonic technology, a City of Calgary release said.
“The PipeDiver operates while the pipe is full of water. If all goes as planned, there will be no impact on water service in Calgary or the region, and no water restrictions will be required,” the release said.
It will take approximately two hours for the device to “swim” the two-kilometre section of the pipe and collect data, the release added, and The City of Calgary will receive results in a month, which will inform future plans.
Water restrictions are not anticipated during the PipeDriver inspection, the release said, but “In the unlikely event we encounter issues, we may need to implement water restrictions for a brief period to lower demand until the feeder main is brought back into service.”
