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Company goes after thieves who steal water

Posted by: Maven on January 20, 2010 at 4:09 pm

From the Ventura County Star:

“A private company that supplies water to parts of Camarillo, Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park is ramping up a campaign against water theft, saying the crime hurts water users as well as the company.

Customers risk having their water contaminated when thieves take it, said Al Yanez, operations manager for California American Water.

Yanez said a theft typically involves a construction truck attaching a hose to a fire hydrant and filling up a large tank that can hold as much as 5,000 gallons. Yanez said it takes about 20 minutes to fill such a tank as high-pressure water gushes out of the hydrant.

Contamination can occur when water from the tank flows back into the hydrant, sending debris and other contaminants from the tank into a system that supplies households and businesses.

“We really don’t know where that truck has been,” Yanez said. “It could have just come from a waste-water treatment facility.” … “

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January 20, 2010 · Filed Under Water Rights

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