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Show Hospital installs new filter The Ashley Valley Medical Center has just completed installation of a new water filtration system. Gary Fountaine, hospital chief engineer, said the project has a dual purpose. While the hospital is constantly con-stantly concerned about the quality of its services, this system will not only assure patients of clean water, but will also eliminate repairs to equipment due to dirt in the water. Fountaine said repairs have been necessary in the past to sterilize washers and pressure reducing regulators, as well as considerable cleaning due to grime on the equipment. equip-ment. The new system should completely com-pletely eliminate these problems. He said they have also had problems in the past with complaints about dirt in the toilets, which will also be eliminated. Fountaine said Vernal City has plans to implement a filtration system in the next few years, but it was the feeling of the hospital they should install in-stall this system now The new filtering system took four days to install. It weighs 2800 pounds and uses four different aggragates of sand to preform its service. It has a 60 gallon per minute fow capability The :-n'ir" i i ... $1 xm |