Hangar owners at the Richland Airport may be required to open their doors to building inspectors after a fire hydrant inspection revealed unpermitted and unmetered connections to city water systems.

You probably see them so often that you don’t even notice they are there. Fire hydrants are one of those things that aren’t interesting until you need them, but then they are of paramount importance.

Fire hydrant inspection uncovered unpermitted water connections at hangars. Port of Benton and city launched utility mapping to locate unauthorized lines. Officials may require hangar inspections to ...