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Water utilities are flushing pipes to clean drinking water after the fires. Here’s what to know
Just how much did the deadly L.A. wildfires affect the water supply? It’s an issue the Los Angeles Department of Water and ...
What Do Fire Hydrant Colors Mean?
It's easy to take fire hydrants for granted and assume that they're all the same. But there's a code that dictates the colors ...
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Wildfires Are Revealing the Limits of Our Hydrant Systems
Firefighters struggled to control the Palisades fire ... hydrant systems can quickly be pushed beyond what they were engineered to handle. There are multiple ways the systems can fall behind ...
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Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals − here’s what Los Angeles needs to know
What many people don’t realize is the extent to which their community drinking water systems can be damaged by fire, how their water is affected and what they can do about it. As an ...
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City of Paris announces annual water line maintenance and fire hydrant grading projects
During February, the City of Paris Water Utilities Department will temporarily change the process used to treat water and the Paris Fire Department will begin annual fire hydrant grading. The projects ...