DERIDDER, LA (KPLC) - If you've seen some of the fire hydrants in the City of DeRidder lately, you may have noticed something different about them. DeRidder Fire Chief Kenneth Harlow said they've ...

One company’s mistake could result in million-dollar changes to the city’s water infrastructure. In July, Hillyard residents opened their taps to find green water pouring out. Now, the city will ...

Installing the Custodian on our hydrants saved the City enough money on manpower, repairs and water to pay for the program.” — Newark, New Jersey Water Department ...

From a water truck driver looking to top off their tank to a family filling up their pool on the sly, locals hooking hoses up to fire hydrants and other municipal water sources — referred to as water ...

The Lavon Special Utility District board agreed Tuesday to consider alternatives to locking fire hydrants in Lavon. The action came in response to the Lavon City Council’s June 3 resolution asking the ...

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 ...

When it comes to fire hydrant locks, the word tamperproof to New Yorkers apparently means challenge. Despite much ballyhoo seven or so years ago when the city began installing so-called tamperproof ...

Deborah Fato got a surprise last week when she drove home from work and pulled into her Lavon neighborhood. The padlocks on the fire hydrants along her street had been removed. “It was such a relief,” ...

DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - As southeast Michigan continues to bake amid rising summer temperatures, the number of illegally opened fire hydrants in Detroit has doubled in June from a year ago. Detroit Fire ...

The Oread Inn pranksters were at it again Thursday morning. Someone activated a fire hydrant, for the third time, near the construction site of the 106-room hotel and condo development near 12th and ...

PERRYVILLE — The locks that are already installed on fire hydrants around Perryville are working, but officials are considering purchasing more locks to prevent vandalism and water theft. The locks ...

The Altoona Water Authority Thursday created a new “penalty fee” for theft of hydrant services to deter unauthorized use of fire hydrants — instances of which have come to the authority’s attention ...