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'Walking on water': Calgary Eyeopener tours the city to talk about its water supply

The Calgary Eyeopener is going out into the community for a live walking show. They're going to talk about everything Calgarians love and everything they're worried about when it comes to the city's water.

Wednesday walking show to stroll along the Bow River, gather in Queensland

Walking on water: The highs and lows of Alberta's water situation | Calgary Eyeopener

4 months ago
Duration 2:17:15
For a landlocked city, Calgary loves water. Calgarians build manmade lakes, float on rivers and even treat storm ponds like oceanfront, all in the pursuit of being waterside. But in a time of drought, citizens have been asked to cut back. The Calgary Eyeopener takes to the iconic Bow River to talk all things water.

Calgary is a city that cherishes its water.

Calgarians build their own lakes, float on the rivers and even treat the city'sstorm ponds like oceanfront views. However,the region has beenstruggling with drought, and residentsare being asked to cut back.

On May 29,the Calgary Eyeopener is taking itsshow on the road or rather, on the pathwaysand sidewalks that line the city's largest river.

CBC Radio hosts and producerswill stroll along the Bow River before heading into Queensland, where the team will gather at the neighbourhood's community association hall.

Education and celebration

Josh Pag, senior producer of the Calgary Eyeopener andthe creator behindthe walking show, saysthis style of showis a unique challenge for the team to program.

"The most challenging parts of these shows is the path and route itself. It's a tricky little manoeuvre to create a route that is relatively flat, has natural stopping points and where every destination serves a point to your theme ...We're a slow strolling caravan ofcables, papers and microphones," saidPag.

"But the payoff, I hope, is the audience can press play from 6 to8:30 a.m. and have their questions answered about water,while also celebrating it."

This special edition of the Calgary Eyeopeneris both an odeto Calgary's love ofwaterandan exploration ofwhyCalgarians are worriedabout one of nature's most valuable resources.

Listeners can tune in to 99.1 FM in Calgary, on CBC Listen, or live on cbc.ca/calgary.