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  2. Why was a major reservoir empty when L.A. fires broke out? - AOL

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    The Santa Ynez Reservoir, a 117-million-gallon water resource near the Pacific Palisades, was under renovation and empty when fires tore through the Los Angeles neighborhood last week and ...

  3. Officials were warned of failing water system before ... - AOL

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    A $2.7-million project "to improve fire-flow and reliability" by replacing two "aging and severely deteriorated 50,000-gallon" tanks in Fernwood with a single 200,000-gallon tank was included in ...

  4. State to probe why Pacific Palisades reservoir was offline ...

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    Officials said that the Santa Ynez Reservoir had been closed since about February for repairs to its cover, leaving a 117-million-gallon water storage complex empty in the heart of the Palisades ...

  5. Talk:Santa Ynez Reservoir - Wikipedia

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    Source: "The Santa Ynez Reservoir, a 117-million-gallon water resource near the Pacific Palisades, was under renovation and empty when fires tore through the Los Angeles neighborhood last week and firefighters quickly depleted available water resources, city officials said.

  6. How years of corruption and mismanagement led to LA running ...

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    The city has 114 massive water tanks that store water for and help ensure consistent flow. All were full when the fire started Tuesday. Three 1 million-gallon tanks supply the hydrants in the ...

  7. Fire hydrants ran dry due to extreme demand in Pacific ... - AOL

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    Janisse Quiñones, chief executive and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said at a Wednesday press conference that all three 1-million-gallon water tanks in the area ...

  8. Water tank - Wikipedia

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    An elevated water tank, also known as a water tower, will create a pressure at the ground-level outlet of 1 kPa per 10.2 centimetres (4.0 in) or 1 psi per 2.31 feet (0.70 m) of elevation. Thus a tank elevated to 20 metres creates about 200 kPa and a tank elevated to 70 feet creates about 30 psi of discharge pressure, sufficient for most ...

  9. Why Didn't L.A. Firefighters Have Access to More Water? - AOL

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    According to Newsom, many of Southern California’s largest reservoirs are "currently at or above their historic average storage levels for this time of year.” And while he has ordered for an ...