WATER SAFETY PARAMOUNT FUNDS GRANTED TO SHIELD SYSTEM FROM ATTACK.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - Surveillance cameras, motion sensors and other security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security expected to cost more than $1.4 million will be installed around wells and water-treatment facilities that supply tens of thousands of Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley homes. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County supervisors on Tuesday approved spending the money to help protect Los Angeles County Waterworks waterworks: see water supply. District facilities in the Antelope Valley against terrorist attack. ``This goes back to the fallout from 9-11. Water companies were asked to do an assessment of their vulnerability,'' said Ken Pellman, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
The supervisors' vote allows county administrators to seek construction companies' bids on the project. Work on the project is scheduled to begin in October and be completed by June 2006. The board, in approving the project, acted as the governing body Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he of the county Waterworks District No. 40, which covers much but not all of Lancaster and most of west Palmdale. The waterworks district serves more than 50,600 homes and businesses in much of Lancaster and west Palmdale, as well as about 7,200 customers in areas of Lake Los Angeles, Pearblossom and other parts of the valley. The Antelope Valley waterworks district will be the first to receive security improvements among the sites overseen by the county public works department. ``You have an area that is spread out and relies on water to be pumped to it,'' Pellman said. ``If everybody was close together, it would be easy to truck in, but that's not practical for Antelope Valley.'' The project calls for installing remote cameras, closed circuit television monitors, motion sensors and digital video recorders at nine locations. The project also will include the construction of concrete block walls, fences, gates, bars for windows, and other work. County officials estimate that the total cost will range between $1.4 million and $1.6 million. About $200,000 for the closed-circuit television closed-circuit television Noun a television system used within a limited area such as a building Noun 1. closed-circuit television monitors and remote cameras will be reimbursed through a grant from the Federal Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , a county staff report said. The nine locations already have some type of security, Pellman said. ``Most of our equipment is not easily accessible. It's inside somewhere or behind a fence or a wall, but we are looking to add increased protection,'' Pellman said. The vulnerability assessments were required as part of the Public Health, Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, Pellman said. Three factors were considered: the likelihood of attack, probability that existing security would be effective, and consequences of losing a system from an attack, Pellman said. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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