Infrastructure

Some other articles, including ones from earlier articles with the sink hole:

• https://abcnews.com/video/134843285/

• https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/west-hollywood-water-main-break/3919017/

• https://abc7news.com/post/west-hollywood-water-main-break-major-flooding-leaves-cars-streets-apartment-buildings-underwater-massive-sinkhole-opens/19521832/

It's a pretty big main (36") and was installed in 1916. I don't think I saw it referred to as a transmission main but at that size I would be surprised if it wasn't!

“We’ve gone through, we’ve cut as thin as we possibly could cut in this 10-year program but I’ll expand on that a little bit more,” Lewis told council. “If we cut capital program, we reduce our level of service. There’s no two ways about it, that is the effect. We will reduce our level of service; we’ll risk additional water main breaks; we’ll risk additional water loss. We don’t want another water main break like we had at Riverside Park. That’s a significant risk. We would increase the risk of boil water advisories.”

In a survey of water and wastewater bills, based on annual volumes of 220 cubic metres, Pembroke’s 2026 rates sees the city remain in the same ballpark as other local municipalities although it does vault ahead of Casselman and Deep River to land just behind Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards (KHR). Petawawa, Arnprior and Ottawa are already slightly lower than Pembroke. Pembroke’s 2027 rates see it jump over KHR and Renfrew landing just behind Mississippi Mills. More expensive municipalities than Pembroke include Laurentian Valley, and Kingston, and especially Whitewater Region and Clarence Rockland.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/67260175

Because the last time a Liberal PM built a pipeline it was too divisive and costly, this PM will checks notes do exactly the same thing again.

TMX 2: Electric Boogaloo!

Any bets on initial-final cost spread this time?

Russian cybercriminals managed to hack into a Quebec municipality's water treatment plant systems and had the ability to wreak havoc on the crucial infrastructure before getting caught, according to Canada's cyber spy agency.

In one particular case discussed in the report, the signals intelligence agency said it was advised last October that Russian hacktivist group NoName had broken into the Quebec water plant's network and gained access to many crucial systems.

According to CSE, NoName claimed it had gained the "ability to covertly control pumps, chlorine dosing, pressure settings and monitoring/alerts systems." The report does not identify the impacted Quebec municipality.

Officials of some Central Alberta communities have issued water supply advisories Sunday afternoon after heavy rainfall pushed local wastewater systems to capacity.