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Posted on 01/06/2006 6:15:28 PM PST by bd476
Edited on 01/06/2006 11:33:10 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Channel 7 KABC News Los Angeles just reported on scene with helicopters overhead at the Mandeville Canyon Water Reservoir.
HAZMAT Crews, Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials are investigating damage done by vandals at the Mandeville Canyon Water Reservoir.
They reported that damage was done after someone broke down a door to a control room at the water reservoir.
Water is being tested. Thus far, there are no reports of any hazardous materials in the water.
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Update: 11:10 PM KABC Channel 7
Live Report from Mandeville Canyon Reservoir:
All day investigators have been there after the reports of cut locks and vandalism to the area leading to the water supply.
The water reservoir serves mostly residents of Mandeville Canyon. The reservoir is near Mulholland Canyon.
Locks had been broken at the gates which led to the water supply.
LAPD brought in their dive team. HAZMAT came. They tested the water, then bypassed the water supply and shut off the water from Mandeville Canyon Reservoir which had been supplying the residential area.
No contaminants were found in the water.
A retired LAPD officer told me that the big concern on any terrorist action against water reservoirs is not so much water supply as the chemicals used to treat the water.
Of course the big bad one is chlorine.
38 Taken Ill After Inhaling Chlorine
Swimming Sentinels
Change of disinfectant in the water supply goes into effect
video here: http://cbs2.com/homepage
Wow.
One of my favorite lines taught to me by a friend with an "Environmental Health" degree.
After reading the headline the first thing that popped into my head was terrorists, muslim as a matter of fact. And until they stop sawing peoples heads off and knocking down buildings with people still in them, it will continue to be the first thing that pops into my head. Maybe its time to round em up like during WWII...
Did some drunk pee in the pool after the Rose Bowl?
I've never mentioned this before on here: I've got a HAZWOPER license [HAZardous Waste Site OPERations] that authorizes me to act as a HAZMAT technician....but only in the State of Florida, bummer.
Hey E,
Check out post 48.....
Actually, it's practically impossible. Not to forget that these days, any arabs that get hinky on an airflight will be beaten to death in the aisleways (and they know this), and the rest are being watched by everybody (who ought to be fully armed, but many are), these rag-head whack-jobs are wanking in their apartments, for the most part. When they stick their heads out, ther are being wacked -- despite the best efforts of the anti-American Democrat Party and LMS media.
Drunk must'ave been truly dead-set on his target to purposely break-in.
Well you never know, Air Force One might be equipped with afterburners;)))
Man, that loaf would scrub those polyps right out of the canal...
Clean Water Advocacy - Security
Articles on Water Infrastructure Security - 2001
Chemical Plants Should Focus on "Inherent Safety" Measures
The Newark Star-Ledger reports that chemical plants, including wastewater treatment plants, that store chlorine, should be focusing on "inherent safety" -- changing processes or substituting chemicals to minimize the use of dangerous substances.
The article cites a Cleveland environmentalist as saying, "The week after Sept. 11, we had a meeting on plant security. We had a big regional wastewater-treatment plant and we said, 'Isn't it great? They don't have to worry because they switched from chlorine to sodium hypochlorite [bleach] to purify their water."
The article goes on to report that the way the Cleveland wastewater community took care of the potential threat is exemplary, and that chemical plants should not view physical security measures, such as fences or armed guards, as the answer. (The Newark Star Ledger, Security Not Enough, Some Say, 12/16/01)
*****
December 27, 2001
House Pipes Can Be Used to Poison Water Supply
The Wall Street Journal reports that cities nationwide are "taking steps to prevent terrorists from reversing the flow of water into a home or business -- which can be accomplished with a vacuum cleaner or bicycle pump -- and using the resulting "backflow" to push poisons into a local water-distribution system."
This would spread toxins into nearby homes and businesses. As the article points out, most reservoirs hold such large amounts of water that they would dilute any poison to the degree where it would require huge amounts of poison to do any serious damage while the treatment process would also destroy potentially dangerous poisons.
A backflow attack, however, cannot be easily prevented and would spread highly concentrated poisons to a smaller area of a few thousand homes and/or businesses. Backflowing water results in decreased pressure that can be monitored, but the drops in pressure are sometimes very minor and difficult to detect. (The Wall Street Journal, Water Utility Officials Fear 'Backflow' from Terrorists, Yochi Dreazen, 12/27/01)
*****
November 18, 2001
Federal Government Takes Steps to Limit Availability of Sensitive Info
The Los Angeles Times reports that the Government Printing Office (GPO) is actively contacting libraries to have them destroy potentially sensitive information, including a CD Rom survey on reservoirs and dams that could be used by terrorists.
The GPO has contacted over 1300 libraries to destroy sensitive documents and at least 15 agencies have yanked information off their web sites. The article reports that states are following the federal lead in limiting potentially sensitive information the before September 11 was readily available. (The Los Angeles Times, Response to Terror: Rising Fears that What We Do Know Can Hurt Us, Eric Lichtblau, 11/19/01)
***** Chemical Plants, Chlorine Gas Vulnerable to Terrorism
The Washington Post reports that last February, environmentalists concerned about security problems in the chemical industry scaled the fence of a large Dow Chemical plant in Louisiana and gained access to the panel that regulates potentially discharges of chlorine into the Mississippi River. (The Milwaukee Journal & Sentinel, Formula for Trouble at Chemical Plants, Eric Pianin, 11/18/01)
*****
November 17, 2001
Water System More Vulnerable than Federal Officials May Believe
The St. Louis Post Dispatch reports that two officials, one from the United States Department of Agriculture, and a city administrator in Edwardsville, Illinois, state that, contrary to the FBI's view, it would be quite simple to contaminate the water supply.
The article explains that the introduction of enriched salmonella or E. Coli into the water supply is a relatively uncomplicated task. (The St. Louis Post Dispatch, Water System Is Vulnerable, 2 Speakers Say at Forum, Robert Kelly, 11/17/01)
The National Association of Clean Water Agencies - Security
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