water supply

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Leal wants answers about everything from potential health hazards and impacts on the local water supply to whether the fire department is equipped to handle a large-scale electrical blaze.

From Los Angeles Times

"The attacks targeted dozens of water transmission and treatment facilities and destroyed parts of critical water supply networks," he said, adding that repairs were under way.

From Barron's

Providing about a third of the state’s water supply, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is a vital source of spring and summer runoff that refills reservoirs when the state needs the water most.

From Los Angeles Times

"Another worry is also about the food supplies, the water supplies and everything else that needs to be supplied to the crew."

From Barron's

“The good news about California water infrastructure is it really does take a multi-year drought of significant severity to seriously threaten the actual water supply,” said Swain.

From Los Angeles Times