SAN ANTONIO – In the wake of Wednesday morning's courthouse break-in, SAWS and BexarMet are adding extra security and increasing patrols in an effort to secure the city's water supply.
"We are increasing patrols," Greg Flores with SAWS said.
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"(We have) put an extra set of eyes, extra rounds around facilities, double check all the cameras, all the lighting," Mike Lopez, with BexarMet, said.
Bexar County Sheriff Amadeo Ortiz said the men responsible for the break-in are five Moroccans who had been living in France.
While several sources have said that at least two of the men were on the terror watch list and that they may have taken pictures of buildings and water systems at a number of cities throughout the nation, Sheriff Ortiz refuted that Wednesday during a press conference, saying they believe it was simply a prank.
SAWS' Greg Flores said they are increasing security and Lopez said they too are taking extra measures.
"Every water system is basically implementing their emergency response plan until we hear otherwise from homeland security or officials we're in contact with," Lopez said.
Lopez said having access to a city's water storage facility could be disastrous.
"Someone getting to a water storage facility could put chemicals that would contaminate the entire water supply," Lopez said.
KSAT also contacted CPS Energy but officials there declined comment.
Neither Lopez nor Flores could say when these extra security measures would be lifted, only that they are in constant contact with law enforcement officials.