AQUEDUCT PIPELINE GETTING BEEFED UP.Byline: Carol Rock Staff Writer SAUGUS - The Los Angeles Aqueduct This article has multiple issues: * It needs to be expanded. Please help [ improve the article] or discuss these issues on the talk page. is getting a lift from the inside out as contractors reinforce and repaint Re`paint´ v. t. 1. To paint anew or again; as, to repaint a house; to repaint the ground of a picture. s> Verb 1. the water pipe that crosses Bouquet Canyon Road near Saugus High School Saugus High School may refer to:
``We're rehabilitating the pipe by installing a two-inch coating of cement mortar lining, which will arrest corrosion on the inside of the pipe,'' explained John Miller, southern district engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is the largest municipal utility in the United States, serving 3.9 million residents in 2006. It was founded in 1902 to deliver water and electricity supplies to residents and businesses in Los Angeles. , which owns and maintains the aqueduct. The project is being done by J. Fletcher Creamer & Son contractors. The most visible work of the first phase, which began in January, involves applying large pieces of burlap to the outside of the pipe. Miller said the burlap provides temperature control necessary for the cement mortar to cure properly. ``The aqueduct will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2013, so we're trying to progressively look at each part to see what we can do,'' said Miller, who oversees maintenance of the aqueduct from Olancha to the filtration plant in Sylmar. He added that similar rehabilitation had been done to the section of the aqueduct near Mountasia in Canyon Country last year. The city of Santa Clarita had expressed concerns about the pipeline being an ``aesthetic eyesore eye·sore n. Something, such as a distressed building, that is unpleasant or offensive to view. eyesore Noun something very ugly Noun 1. ,'' which the DWP DWP Department of Work and Pensions (UK) DWP Drinking Water Program DWP Dynamic Weapon Pricing (gamin, Counter-Strike: Source) DWP Department of Water & Power DWP Drinking Water Protection will address in the second phase of the project. ``The department is trying to be sensitive to the city's concerns,'' Miller said. ``We will be applying a coating to the exterior of the pipe and painting it a desert sand color, which was approved by the city.'' The summer heat probably will make the beautification beau·ti·fy tr. & intr.v. beau·ti·fied, beau·ti·fy·ing, beau·ti·fies To make or become beautiful. beau part of the project go quickly, he added, as paint binds with the underlying metal surface. Miller pointed out that the DWP has been working with the California Department of Fish and Game to ensure that no debris is left in the area. The first leg of the Los Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913 under the direction of Superintendent William Mulholland. A second leg of the aqueduct was completed in 1970. Together, they transport water from the eastern Sierra Nevada and Owens Valley into the Los Angeles Basin The Los Angeles Basin is the coastal sediment-filled plain located between the peninsular and transverse ranges in southern California in the United States containing the central part of the city of Los Angeles as well as its southern and southeastern suburbs (both in Los Angeles . Carol Rock, (661) 257-5252 carol.rock(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) A worker checks a section of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, above, after it has been relined and before it's sealed up. The entire length of the aqueduct will eventually be repiped, according to the DWP. At left, a worker welds the cover in place after the inspection. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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