European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 8, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9 to conserve water Byj. Kin Cruger Mediterranean Bureau the Strain of playing Host to thousands of additional forces is draining water resources at in Ciurlik a and forcing the base in Southern Turkey to impose conservation measures. Although the in Ciurlik area is in the midst of a drought the bases water shortage Isnit directly caused by Lack of rainfall. A the problem we Are having is caused by the increase of personnel on base a said William Richmond the Deputy base civil Engineer at in Ciurlik. In Ciurlik seven Miles East of Adana turkeys fourth largest City normally has a base population including family members of fewer than 5,000. Currently the base population hovers around 6,500, including 2,500 troops on temporary duty As part of operation provide Comfort ii the revamped Effort to safeguard kurd in neighbouring Iraq according to air Force capt. Linda Thomas the bases staff services officer. About 1,500 of those forces mostly air Force personnel and some Allied troops assigned to the kurdish humanitarian Relief Effort Are living in an on base tent City Thomas said. When daily water consumption peaks around noon and again Between 6 and 11 ., enormous strains Are put on incur like a limited water pumping and storage capabilities. During these Peak times in Ciurlik can to pump water fast enough from its one on base and three off base a Jas to meet demand. So water Levels in storage drop rapidly sometimes to dangerously Low Levels. A the base uses anywhere from 3.5 to 4 million Gallons of water per Day and we can Only store 700,000 Gallons within two elevated tanks and some underground tanks a Richmond said. The base Aims to have storage tanks topped and ready to meet water needs by 7 . Daily. The base has instituted conservation measures to try to maintain sufficient water supplies said capt. Judy Burk the base spokeswoman. The key to the conservation system is a Trico lored advisory system. As Long As the amount of water in storage ranges Between 500,000 and 700,000 Gallons the base is in condition a Green a Burk said. A during condition Green Normal water conservation measures Are in Force. That Means lawns can Only be watered Between 6 and 9 . And 6 and 9  On Odd or even Days for Odd or even numbered buildings a Burk said. Green also Means that water can to be left running while dishes Are being done and that Only full loads of laundry Are to be washed in machines. Additionally no one is allowed to Hose streets driveways or sidewalks and personnel Are encouraged to turn off any water they see being misused Burk explained. Enhanced conservation measures come into Force during condition yellow when water in storage is Between 300,000 and 500,000 Gallons. When the condition is yellow lawns May no longer be watered no laundry and no military or civilian vehicles May be washed and showers must be taken in place of Baths. Condition red mandates essential water use Only and comes into Force when water in storage dips below 300,000 Gallons. A water Levels tend to get unmanageable below 300,000 Gallons. Then there is a danger of running out of water a Richmond said. During condition red water use is curtailed for All but cooking sanitary health or safety reasons Burk said. Conditions sometimes change several times daily. Base personnel arc advised of current conditions via announcements on the bases radio and television stations. Personnel from the housing office patrol base neighbourhoods to Check on compliance Burke said. Since the Start of the year the Adana area has received Only 8 inches of the 16 inches of rain that normally should have fallen said maj. Anthony Guiffrida commander of the weather detachment at Adana. A we Are having a pretty severe drought Here. Now it is almost physically impossible to have a rain Shower and the Rainy season will not Start again until september or october a said Guiffrida 37, a resident of Jamestown  Southern Turkey shelters in summer. August with temperatures regularly Topping 100, is the hottest month of the year. As summer temperatures climb demand for water is expected to Rise. Adana with a population of 850,000, has yet to impose water conservation measures said air Force personnel who live in the City. A the shortages Are a localized base problem Quot said Richmond a 46-year-old resident of Weymouth mass. While the possibility exists that continued pumping during the dry spell will lower the bases water table a a there is no indication of a drop so far Richmond said. A we should be of a Richmond said adding a if the Rains come during the Rainy  a service members save icelandic woman found unconscious at resort Nas keflav1k, Iceland an icelandic woman rescued by a group of . Military members Iasi week after being found unconscious in a hot Spring resort was still recuperating in a Reykjavik Hospital wednesday. Maj. Leslie filapello a ., army Reserve nurse participating in the biennial exercise Northern Viking �?T91, is credited with a eyving Eva reins Dottie who is recovering in the Borgars italian Hospital. Theidore was released by the Iceland defense Force Public affairs office. Reins Dottie was found face Down and without a pulse july 31 at the Blue Lagoon a hot Spring resort near Nas Kef Lavik. She was pulled from the water into a boat and taken ashore by master sgt. Richard Block capt. Arnold brings and Gap. Ronald Vaughn who Are stationed at Kef Lavik. That a when filapello a nurse with the 376th combat support Hospital from Liverpool ., began cardiopulmonary resuscitation. She was assisted by a medic from the same Reserve unit staff sgt. Austin Westphal and two unidentified icelandic men. Filapello As a civilian works in a vascular surgical unit at St. Josephus medical Center in Syracuse  Although she has years of experience in applying car she said this is the first time she performed it outside of a  we gave her car. We got a pulse Back got Hack respiration and the ambulance came and took her to the icelandic Hospital a said filapello a native of North luts neb. Filapello and Westphal will receive army commendation medals for their lifesaving efforts. Filapello who served As an Active duty nurse in the Navy Between 1970 and 1973, has been in the army reserves Lor 17 years. As a reservist she is the officer in charge of the intensive care unit for the 376th combat support Hospital. More than 700 reservists in stateside units from All branches of the military service have been participating in Northern Viking an exercise to test . Ground forces ability to defend Iceland which has no military of its own. The exercise began july 30 and was to conclude wednesday. This is the first time that the 370th, with about 70 staff members has set up its 400-bed Mobile unit self transportable Hospital to support the  by bit  Subway roof is lifted fishing on the Fly a  Nilst recently directs a 350-Pound halibut onto the bed of a pickup truck a Ype of Quot under belongs a year of. Dino Kah of Munich Germany who made the catch while  with his parents. New York a nothing faces new yorkers the roof of a Brooklyn subway station was stolen bit by bit and no one noticed until it was All gone. Pilfering brass fixtures and Copper wiring is a common Way of making Money but the theft of the 600-foot-Long aluminium roof is something unique for the transit authority. The above ground portion of the Stop now resembles what looks like the Bones of a beached whale. I he area is next to a cemetery so there were fewer than usual living souls to look in on it. A if they Are taking it in 6-foot pieces Over a several year period of time until a Good piece of it was missing people really did no to notice a said to spokeswoman Caren Gardner she said such an aluminium roofing no sect costs $70,000 to $90,000