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Show EDITORIAL Water Vandalism Appalling This week it has become apparent somebody is fiddling with the city's fire hydrants and other hydrolic installations. Hydrants have been discovered with their valves open and outlets still capped and pressure reducing valves have been discovered reset. The acts which are being called "criminal mischief" by the police are not only costly to the taxpayers of Park City but threaten the security of the lives and property of our residents. A fire hydrant valve opened with the outlets capped can do irrepairable damage to the fixture rendering it ineffective should an emergency occur. Furthermore, the unnoticed discharge of w ater can reduce the storage capacity in our reservoirs with disastrous results if a major fire erupted during a period of low water reserve. We urne whoever is responsible to stop the senseless acts and the police to go hard on anybody caught in the act of sabotaging any city water fixture. |