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Airmen Provide Clean Water to Island and Vital Defense Facility
Six Airmen from Pacific Air Forces units arrived here Feb. 4 to cure the island’s contaminated water supply ruined due to unusually high tides and have treated more than 1,840,000 gallons of water for residents here. Unusual weather around the Pacific region caused six irregular high tides to flow across Roi-Namur and into the island water supply, said Greg Heffner, the water plant operator. The island gets the majority of its water from lens wells … Read entire article »
