European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday april 3,1989 the stars and stripes Navy turns off taps at Santo St Elyaho conservation saves wafer for parched Sardinia  Mediterranean Bureau. The . Navy has stopped using local water supplies Al a sue in Northern Sardi Nia in an Effort to help in parched italian  Carlo March inc next turned off the laps supplying inc nato fuel and  storage tile Al Sanlo Stefan Island with local Tresh water and instead began using water it barges in Ever 1 five Days from the nearby Island of Corsica and from the italian Mainland. The conservation project is costing the  $40,000 per month Accord ing in Cape. David c. Klinger com Mander of the naval support office on la Maddaluna. The submarine Lender Orion the biggest user of the water is moored at Santo Siena no. A 15-Minutc boat ride across the Bay from la Maddalena inc work and sup port Center for about 2,000 Navy people in Sardinia s northernmost archipelago and. Klinger said inc Navy s switch to bar cd in water conserves about 200 metric ions of local water daily. The water that would have been used at Santo Stefano con Linus directly on to la Maddalena an Island hit hard by chronic water shortages and outages. The water shortages caused by a Lack of rainfall and an inadequate Supply sys tem have been especially severe in re cent years., the a condition is dire. We gel our water from the Lischin Reservoir on the Mainland and it is so incredibly Low i currently contains less than 10 percent of capacity it will run on of water unless we get some rain. No one knows where we will get water from then " said la. Ron cola deny a Navy spokeswoman Ai la Maddalena. -. White inc  for a Snera. Lely tit l ded rain water rationing is in1 of Eccl in Northern Sardinia the area of the Island most affected by tic  rationing started Al the end of february. We had water on a Day on one of the target that hauls water every five Biluys front Corsica to tin Navy site on Santa St Tanu Island chugs past a Lauri r ship. Day off basis but about two weeks Alicr rationing started we were Cut Back to two Days without water and one Day with Glanc said. -. Meanwhile i Alau the Community just across the Bay continued to gel water every other Day she said.-. La Maddaluna s mayor Mot Slih officials at the provincial government had quarters 10 plead the Case for a better  water for Lii Maddalena. He argued hat water usage hero had Only been figured on the number of local Resi dents about 12,000 people and did t take note of the More than 4,000 people in the italian and . Naval comm nit Icson the Island Glanc said. Me was successful and our water Alloca Tion has been increased. Now we Are Back 10 one Day on and one Day off. Any one who wastes water by washing a car watch Ririe a Garden or having a leaking pipe or faucet fates a possible Fine of i Mil lion Tirc about s7jo i none said. Because the local Lap  not to table inc Navy has for sumo Lime been issuing one bottle of Mineral water per Day per person to residents of Navy housing on the Island she said. Water bladders also have been in stalled in i to government leased housing areas to allow water to he a chained for use on Days when Normal water supplies 1 arc curtailed. Bui even on those Days. Water is shut off for Many hours during he Day and night a d conservation Rnea a sure cil Adney said., she said american families living in the six unit Carbini housing  arc having an especially trying Lime. The have no water at All on off Days and must tote buckets of water from u Lank the Navy has set up i n fron i of the Complex. New method eases search for f-j6 engine flaw by Deedee Arrington Doke it users Lauvern Bureau Ramstedt a. West Germany air Crew s scarch re or a potentially dangerous raw in an  now can inspect the engine  it from f-16 fighter aircraft. A the method cuts inspection time hint a full work Day to one to three hours us afe s director  said Friday. General electric introduced the Inch Nique to Safe last month within weeks of. An air  to inspect Iio engines used in f-16 tighter air Craft for flaws near the fuel nozzle  Graham said. Graham declined to discuss  for the inspection which initially into find Only Al 1.0.engines with More than 350 Fly ing hours. Defense Industry publications however have reported the inspection were prompted by the discovery of Nicks and crack in the i High stressed Core sections psome of the engines. The Al 10 has come underdone scrutiny in the want of a series of f-16 crashes Over the past iwo years. The engine said  he world s most powerful single Jet engine offers 28,000 pounds of thrust Elf incl escapes into the engine Iocco Wistor could deteriorate Over time. If uncork cycled the engine could fail a Safe spokesman said. In Safe Bolh of finds were in pc Rcd Between feh. Riband March is. About no were checked Wight tote new tech Nique. Although Only 46 engine came under the feb. 16 order for in. Gins with 350 or More flying hours Oklahoma pm air logistics Center issued subsequent orders to also inspect those with 50 or More flying hours for stress and cracks near the fuel no ale. The inspections turned up eight Ilc Mithat resulted in replacement or repair. A couple were things. We weren t specifically looking for Graham said. Lie emphasized that air Force aircraft and engines Are regularly inspected. How. Ever he noted that because of inc i hair relative newness in scientists and engineers concluded that such Basic biological research u i i toxins must be . The study called the final programmatic Environ mental Impact statement now goes to the Secretary of the army for approval. By Law the Impact statement cannot be formally approved for Al Casl to Days according Uchie army inc final Impact statenitf.,  a draft document released in May 1988 tha a5 the subject of Public hearings in Utah an final assessment concludes that Laboratory  with biological materials is potentially Hazar Dous but thai elaborate controls have been devel oped Over inc years to assure adequate Protection for inc environment the army said. The final Impact match Cal was immediately  Friday by the environmental group that forced its preparation. The group called the study a joke and an insult., they have taken a fairly Cavalier attitude Ardig fical warfare a prod the requirements of inc Law said Jeremy if i Kin president of the foundation on . This Impact statement is grossly inadequate  to Deal with inc problems of an escape of  a Laboratory he coming Cal. They Bav not dealt with mass evacuation proce dures mass Mcak Jal procedures or Security procedures. We arc going ifsits Trucl our attorneys to move this Back info court. The dense department is working with every deadly  to human Man. If a deadly virus does escape it uld wreak havoc and potentially be  ,. The environmental study comp led Friday was prompted by a suit filed by in Washington based foundation in september 1986.