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SPOKANE, Wash. — The Spokane Water Department is adding security measures to its fire hydrants to ensure the protection of the city’s water supply. The Water Department will begin installing locks in ...

Backflow preventer installation costs between $105 and $1,400, with the average property owner spending $325 per backflow preventer. Backflow preventers are essential in many commercial and some ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — Hundreds of people in Hillyard endured a frustrating and disturbing week last July, when their water supply was contaminated by backflow from a hydroseed vehicle tapped into a fire ...

There are 7,500 public fire hydrants in the city of Spokane. But as residents of Hillyard learned last year, it only takes the misuse of one to contaminate an entire neighborhood’s water supply. In ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — After some Hillyard residents were unable to drink or cook with their water in July, the City of Spokane is looking into ways to make sure a similar incident doesn’t happen again. The ...

Peterborough Utilities is asking the public to keep an eye out for scofflaws siphoning water from the city’s fire hydrants. “We don’t want to make a federal case out of this,” said David Whitehouse, ...