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What You Should Know / January 21, 2010

Is This Cochabamba or California? People Stealing Water From Private Water Company In Ventura County

www.vcstar.com -- 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.