Montrealers urged to keep saving water, as aqueduct repairs expected to finish by early September
Crews have finished two sections and are working on a third as Montreal keeps asking residents to cut water use below 1.4 billion litres a day.
- On Tuesday, Montreal executive committee member Alan DeSousa and president Claude Pinard confirmed emergency repairs on the Atwater Avenue aqueduct remain on schedule, with completion expected by early September.
- Crews shut down the pipe in May after monitoring detected structural weaknesses that city engineers feared could lead to a rupture, serving 1.3 million people across 16 boroughs.
- Consumption currently stands at 1.22 billion litres, remaining below the city's 1.4 billion litre daily threshold established through a May conservation campaign.
- To assist conservation efforts, the city suspended decorative fountains, continuous pipe flushing, and street-washing operations. DeSousa warned residents must continue limiting consumption due to potential August heatwaves.
- Officials have secured about $10 billion of the $15 billion required for the city's $43 billion in water assets, addressing aging infrastructure across the region.
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A look at repairs on Atwater aqueduct as Montrealers urged to continue limiting water use
Two of the four sections of the water main — which supplies drinking water to about 1.3 million people across the city — have been repaired so far. Montreal is urging residents to continue reducing water consumption in order to remain below its daily threshold of 1.45 billion litres.
How long will it take to secure its main line under Atwater Avenue? Halfway through the construction site, the City of Montreal remains blurred.
The replacement of a water pipe on Atwater Avenue will cause motorists to sweat when the construction holidays return.
Montrealers will have to continue to limit their water consumption until the end of the summer, or even until the beginning of the fall. If the rehabilitation of the fragile pipe supplying the main reservoir "goes well", the City of Montreal warns that it is not sheltered from a bad surprise.
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