A significant problem was averted in the Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne around the end of January.

Reeve Richard Funk says municipal staff noticed they were losing water from the Yellowhead system in the Arden area. He explains it turned out to be a water line that was broken by frost, adding it was concerning.

"Because we didn't know where the leak was, and it took our staff about two days to track it down. Arden's on a gravel ridge, and that water can be consumed in the ground, without it coming to the surface, and it's very difficult to find. But they tracked it down, and found the leak, but it did take two days."

Funk says for a municipality the size of Glenella-Lansdowne, the water loss was phenomenal.

"Compared to normal rates, we were sending out 14 gallons a minute more. You take that, times 60, and then, times 24 hours a day, that comes to a lot of water. So we had to get to work and find out where the leak was -- and it was just a small line and it had frozen and broke."

He credits the hard work of municipal staff for finding the break, and getting it fixed in a couple of days.

Funk says a renovation site nearby accidentally exposed the line to the cold.