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Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek announced a local state of emergency Saturday, during update on water restrictions brought forth by a damaged feeder main 10 days ago.

"This is an all-hands-on-deck situation," Gondek told reporters at a news conference, adding that she has been in contact with Premier Danielle Smith and other provincial cabinet ministers about what comes next. She also asked Calgarians to continue reducing their water usage, even suggesting they flush their toilets one-to-three times less per day, to help make a difference.

Though Gondek made it clear that the state of emergency was "not linked to the level of water in the reservoirs," she said the difficult decision would allow City officials easier access to feeder main sites that require repair.

"The state of local emergency was enacted today to give us permission to go onto private property if we need to, which I think will absolutely be the case if we're trying to work on five sites at once," Gondek said.

This comes after Gondek's disheartening message on Friday, which revealed that rather than an estimated one-week timeline for a complete repair, reconstruction will take up to five weeks due to damage at five other locations of the pipeline.

Calgary has been under strict water restrictions since the feeder main broke on June 5.

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