Calgary Civic Census 2015

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Originally Posted by Bassic Lab

Water is complicated by various factors. It is sized for fire fighting as opposed to consumption. It operates as a grid to eliminate deadheading, where bacteria could grow. For these reasons, growth elsewhere doesn't really affect the inner city. Really, growth barely affects anywhere unless it is greenfield construction that requires new lines. Sprawl is of course less efficient for distribution, more pipe needing to be laid and maintained, but Kincora isn't putting a direct strain on Hillhurst. Water operates a lot more like the electrical grid than most people think.

For sewage, you're entirely correctSanitary does operate like a tree. The trunks have to support the entire system. So growth in the extremities requires growth all the way down to Bonnybrook. Everything in the north goes to Bonnybrook.

Thanks for the clarification. I take it water pressure is maintained to a certain level to allow for fire fighting, but also that the systems have to loop to allow flow to prevent bacterial growth.