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Drinking Water For Flood Victims
T u o tanker trucks, each capable
o f holding 4,500 gallons of d rinking
w ater, leave this week from U nited
States Filter C orporation's M ino s
W ater T reatm ent facility (U S Filter/
IW T), bound for Des M oines, Iowa.
T he tankers are the first elem ents o f
aid that the w ater purification com ­
pany is providing to Iow a’s capital
city, w here dam age to a w ater treat­
m ent plant has left 250.0(H) people
w ithout drinking water
T he tanker trucks will be used to
transport water to Des M oines from
nearby m unicipalities "Initially, the
trucks will be there for tw o weeks, but
we may extend that, depending on the
need,” said Terry Hatfield, m anufac­
turing m anager at U S. Filte /IW T,
w ho has been coordinating relief ef­
forts w ith the Iowa N ational G uard
T he company is also arranging to
supply the National G uard w ith its
D isaster Relief Reverse O sm osis unit,
free o f charge, for on-site w ater p u ri­
fication The w ater treatm ent unit w as
designed and built by U S. Filter/IW T
personnel in the afterm ath o
H urricane Andrew ’s destruction
in Florida T he w ater treatm ent unit
was built by em ployees who donated
their labor, using m aterials donated
by U S . Filter/IW T and some o fits key
v cndors
T he reverse osmosis (RO) sy stem
uses hydraulic pressures to force wa­
ter through a sem iperm eable mem­
brane to rem ove contam inants. The
skid-m ounted unit will continually
take in river or brackish w ater and
pum p out up to five gallons o f d rin k ­
ing wate per minute.
"T he U S Filter/IW T Disaster
R elief RO unit sav es the tim e and cost
o f h a u lin g w a te r,” sa id R ich ard
H eckm ann, U.S. Filter ch ief execu­
tive officer. "The unit can be shipped
to a central distribution site where it
w ill take in flood w aters and provid a
continuous flow o f d rinking water.
“T his u n it and the contributions
are part o f our com m itm ent to provid­
ing an d m a in ta in in g clean w ater
throughout the w orld,” H eckm ann
said U.S. F ilter is one o f the largest
U S com panies in the water treatment
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U.S F ilter's facility in D aven­
port, Iowa, has not been affected by
the flood waters w hich have crippled
that M ississippi River com munity,
except that many em ployees have to
take alternative routes to work
-0- 7 /15/93/E D IT O R ’S NOTE:
U.S Filter designs and m anufactures
a broad range o f custom ized and pre­
engineered systems and equipm ent
for the water and w astew ater treat­
ment industries T he company ’s prod­
ucts and services are use
for the filtration and purification
of water for m unicipal uses and indus­
trial processes, as well as for the treat­
ment o f wastew ater effluent before
recy cling or discharge
Established in 1953, U.S Filter
has corporate offices in Palm Desert,
Calif., with m anufacturing and pro­
cessing facilities located in D aven­
port; M inneapolis; M arlboro, N.J.;
Redmond, W ash ; Rockford; Tarbes,
France; W arren, N.J.; W arrendale,
Pa ; a d W hittier, Calif.
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Prepare For A Disaster
With Your Camping Gear
T hat cam ping equipm ent sitting
in the garage could be the key to a
h o u se h o ld d is a s te r p la n s, say s a
Stanford Univ ersitv emergency m edi­
cine physician.
Dr. Ricardo M artinez, assistant
professor o f surgery/emergency m edi­
cine, says that a variety o f hom e ser­
vice disruptions, ranging from pow er
failures to earthquakes can be eased
w ith the same gear and supplies that
the family dusts off each sum m er for
a day or two o r a week at a cam psite
“Particularly if you have y oung
children, you’ll w ant to be able to
prov ide w arm m eals quickly in the
ev ent o f a pow er failure. And that gas
stove that w orks so well in the m oun­
tains or by the lake will do ju st as fine
a jo b at home. Just be sure to use it
outside the house in a w ell-ventilated
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area to avoid the possibility o f carbon
m onoxide poisoning.”
In the event o f a m ajor disaster,
y early (use the old water on your lawn
if you have one) and the w ater re­
placed to ensure freshness. D o n ’t for­
such as an earthquake, a supply of get that w ater purification kit used for
freeze-dried food-check the expira­ cam ping or backpacking can be used
tion date for freshness-can serve as a at hom e if the water quality there
tasty supplem ent to the w eek or two of becomes com prom ised, he notes.
canned goods or other supplies that it
The same first kit you throw into
is w ise to keep in storage around the the car before leaving for the m oun­
house. (D o n ’t forget to rotate the tains. seashore or lakefront, should be
canned goods every few m onths for stocked and ready for the hom e em er­
freshness.)
gency as well, M artinez suggests
Not part o f the regular cam ping
Lanterns and flashlights, along
gear but a wise item to keep in the w ith a supply o f m atches kept w ith the
garage-perhaps near the cam ping gear- cam ping gear can fight darkness after
is a plastic drum o f fresh w ater in case a power failure Rem em ber to store
regular supplies are depleted or pi umb- gas and kerosene in properly sealed
ing breaks down. Em ergency w ater containers w hich should be kept away
drum s may be purchased com m er­ from direct sunlight, electricity or
cially, and M artinez cautions that they extrem e heat.
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