Water

The City of Calgary Water System provides safe reliable drinking water to a variety of customers. It serves almost 260,000 residential customers, 20,000 industrial, commercial and institutional customers as well as customers in the surrounding communities of Airdrie and Chestermere. In order to provide this valuable resource to all these customers, the City of Calgary operates, maintains and enhances a world class utility with a complex system of treatment plants, water mains, reservoirs and pump stations.

Wastewater

The City of Calgary Wastewater treats enough sewage to fill 128 Olympic sized swimming pools each day. The wastewater drainage system protects public health and the environment by collecting and treating wastewater from residences, schools, hospitals, businesses, and industries. Residential wastewater typically enters the sanitary sewer system through sinks, toilets, bathtubs, and major appliances such as washing machines and dishwashers.

Recycling & Composting

The City of Calgary is serious about recycling, and as such has set ambitious goals for the future to reduce waste added to its landfills. Its long-term goal is to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills to just 20%, and recycling or recovering 80% of waste materials by the year 2020. Currently, the numbers are the opposite around: 80% of waste goes into the landfills and 20% is recycled.

Electricity

Alberta's electricity system is owned and operated by a mix of investor-owned and municipally owned companies (most of them based in Calgary), not by the Alberta government, which in turn, offers consumers a choice in the purchase of power. The province's department of energy, Alberta Energy, develops, supports and monitors the framework for bringing new generation on-line, competitive electricity markets, and efficient delivery systems.

Natural Gas

Alberta offers a choice for consumers of natural gas. It is one of the cleanest, cheapest and most efficient sources of energy, making it a necessary component of an environmentally friendly economy. Alberta is home to a large natural gas resource base and accounts for just over 80 per cent of the natural gas produced in Canada.