VALLEY WATER MAIN BURSTS HOMES FLOODED IN NORTHRIDGE.Byline: SUSAN ABRAM Staff Writer NORTHRIDGE -- 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 found itself under fire again Thursday from San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. residents after a troublesome water main burst, flooding their neighborhood and damaging several homes. A geyser geyser (gī`zər) [Icel.], hot spring from which water and steam are ejected periodically to heights ranging from a few to several hundred feet. of water blew off a manhole cover near Roscoe and Reseda boulevards about 10 p.m. Wednesday, several hours after residents called to complain about running water. ``We first got a call late in the afternoon at 4 p.m. that there was a leak,'' said Carol Tucker, spokeswoman 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. . ``A crew went out to investigate and determined that it would need more repairs, so they stabilized and cordoned it off, figuring that it would hold. ``Unfortunately later that evening the lines broke, so there was more water.'' Residents described rushing water rising over curbs, covering their front yards and flooding some homes. About a foot of water burst through the front door of Zoila Cruz's home on Roscoe Boulevard, soaking carpets, furniture and clothes. Cruz and her family spent Thursday cleaning up the mud and mess left behind. ``We clean houses and offices, but today we don't go to work,'' Cruz said as she stood in mud in her back yard and rubbed her weary eyes. ``Today, we have to clean our own house.'' The line under Roscoe was upgraded after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake The Northridge earthquake occurred on January 17, 1994 at 4:31 AM Pacific Standard Time in the city of Los Angeles, California. The earthquake had a "strong" moment magnitude of 6. using high-density polyethylene high-density polyethylene n. Abbr. HDPE A strong, relatively opaque form of polyethylene having a dense structure with few side branches off the main carbon backbone. pipe, DWP officials said. Last year, inspectors found some problems with the joints of the pipe, but it was unclear whether that's what caused Wednesday's rupture, said Steve Malinoski, the DWP's director of water distribution. Of the 7,000 miles of pipes citywide, about 50,000 feet have been retrofitted with polyethylene pipes, most without any problems, Malinoski said. It could take crews up to three weeks to replace the pipeline under Roscoe, officials said. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , water has been diverted to other lines in order to restore service and water pressure to all customers. Earlier in the week, residents in Tujunga complained they'd had to wait four months for DWP workers to repair a pipeline that ruptured near the water meter of a house on Day Street. The water -- leaking at the rate of a gallon a minute -- eroded the driveways of neighbors' homes and caused an algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms. These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes (plants that bloom. Malinoski said crews will start work today on the Day Street project. ``Our biggest mistake was we didn't tell the residents that we had been working on it, that it took months to get the permits. ``People started to think we didn't care. We could have done better in communicating.'' The department actually hopes to open lines of communication "Lines of Communication" is an episode from the fourth season of the science-fiction television series Babylon 5. Synopsis Franklin and Marcus attempt to persuade the Mars resistance to assist Sheridan in opposing President Clark. this weekend when it meets with neighborhood councils Neighborhood councils are governmental or non-governmental bodies composed of local people who handle neighborhood problems. They can be found in many cities throughout the world. to discuss power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
The councils are likely to demand answers from DWP officials about rising water rates, a lucrative labor contract for DWP workers and the agency's plan for upgrading its aging equipment. ``The whole infrastructure has not been maintained for a couple of decades, and they don't proactively repair the lines,'' said Michael Cohen, a member of an oversight committee made up of members of neighborhood councils. susan.abram(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3664 IF YOU GO A public meeting between Department of Water and Power officials and neighborhood councils will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at DWP headquarters, 111 Hope St., Los Angeles. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Zoila Cruz, right, watches as friends remove a damaged mattress from her Northridge home, which had several inches of water flowing through it after a water main broke Wednesday night. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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