Calgarians’ water use remains stubbornly high despite city’s pleas after major main break

Brewmaster Nathan Ingram-Cotton feels fortunate that the second rupture of Calgary’s most important water main happened when it did: just before Dry January.

“It helps a little bit,” he said, laughing. Annex Ales, the brewery he manages in Calgary’s southeast, took a hit the last time the city’s Bearspaw South Feeder Main burst in June, 2024.