2025 Water Main Flushing

The City’s Operations Department will start its annual unidirectional water main line flushing on Monday, May 5th. This mandatory process allows operators to confirm the City’s water distribution lines are working properly and helps ensure the quality of the water supply.          

Affected areas

• East side of 100th Street: Pēyak Trail to Territorial Drive, including 91st Street east to 100th Street
• West side of 100th Street: Railway Avenue to 20th Avenue and east to 106th Street
• Riverview neighbourhood: South Railway Avenue to as far east as Battleford Road and as far south of the Highway 16 Bypass.

Tips to protect your home

Follow these tips to protect your home and goods from discoloured water and sediment produced by the flushing process:

• Do not use any taps after 7 p.m.
• Fill your bathtub or pails before 7 p.m. for water to manually flush toilets
• Set aside a store of water for washing hands, washing dishes and consumption
• Turn off your water softeners, freezer or any other devices that may use water
• Run the water from an outside tap for 10 minutes or until the water runs clear (if necessary)
• Restart your water softener, freezer and any other devices that were turned off

Due to unavoidable circumstances, flushing may have to be extended past 7 a.m. until the main has been cleared.