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Show n n n n n -i i i- Hill Well AFB, Utah 84056-582- 4 Vol. J y A f J j 1 52 No. 29, July 23, 1998 problems Firm foundation sDowtee INSIDE: water1 Hiowf by Lisa Ryan Hilltop Times staff Retiree Appreciation Day Page 2 Hill Field registers new students Page 7 Employee compensation abuse noted Page 10 Layaway policy changing Page 14 Hill firefighters train daily Page 16-1- 7 Hill AFB will be experiencing some water pressure problems in the housing areas this week. All base water users are asked to be conservative. According to Lt. Col. Dave Roe, 75th Civil Engineering Squadron commander, out of the nine wells on base, four are out of service. Roe said Well No. 6 should be operational by Wednesday. A contractor is being called in to study the problem. The fourth well went out of service Sunday and two wells may have to be completely redrilled sometime in the future. Roe said the recent heat wave is not helping matters. "People on base are using a lot of water for their lawns and to do things like wash their cars," Roe said. Roe said a well is made up of a motor at the top, a shaft going down the well and a pump at the bottom. The motor could burn out or the pump could stop working, which would mean pulling up the pump from about 800 feet down to repair it. , Roe has asked grounds maintenance contractors to stop using the manually operated sprinkler systems around the base. "And base residents need to follow the water policy when watering their lawns," Roe said. According to housing management assistant Kevin Patterson, base residents can water their yards every other day from 0 a.m. and again from p.m. d Residents who live in houses water on even calendar days and residents in houses can water on odd calendar days. Roe said that base residents can: Not run the tap water too long Wash cars less often Not leave sprinklers on for long periods of time When the wells are fixed, some people may see a difference in their water pressure right away and some may not because the water system is interconnected and with that is water that comes from off base. "In base housing, if you're close to a well, the pressure is going to be good," Roe said. "If you're farther away, there is going to be less pressure." Roe said that people don't need to be worried about keeping cool. He said the amount of water a swamp cooler needs to run has little impact on the problem with the water pressure. For questions, call the Utilities Shop, Ext. 7-- even-numbere- Hill, tournament Page 21 Visit our website! httpwww.hill.af.mil f sj t 3 imirp 1 ,v : Photo by SSgt Timothy Tragar Workers from the 75th Civil Engineering Squadron prepare a concrete base for a row of state flags along Southgate Ave. They accomplished the task from empty form to smooth concrete In an assembly line type process. See related photos, Page 19. Wasatctr Energy agree on steam Hilltop Times editor AFMC Ik : it $750,000 saving by Bill Orndorff Team fourth in L Hill AFB officials have reached an agreement with Wasatch Energy Systems on a new steam contract that will save the base $750,000 per year. The base initiated negotiations with Wasatch in November 1997 to cut operating costs. The new contract allows Hill to buy steam at a price 10 percent lower than what it costs the base to produce ' " steam. "We presented a final proposal to the Wasatch Energy Systems POOR COPY fiscal year 1999 steam revenues will exceed $1.5 million. The disboard of directors met the first trict serves residents in 15 cities and two counties, including more of July and signed the agreethan 200,000 residents. ment." "We use the steam year 'round, The base contracted with Wasatch in December 1984 to purchase with the most used in winter," steam that is generated from burnPriest said. "We use 50 million ing solid waste. The intent of the pounds per month in winter and contract was to purchase steam 20 million pounds per month in at 10 percent less than it would summer." cost the base to generate steam ' In addition to heating most base buildings, the steam is used to using natural gas. Steam sold to Hill accounts for sterilize equipment at the base 12 percent ofWasatch Energy Syshospital and for heating dishtems annual budgeted revenues. water in the base restaurants. Wasatch officials estimated that The steam generates hot water representative," said Craig Priest, base utility manager. "Their in the dorms and heats chemical tanks in the plating shop, as well as paint booths and curing ovens. The Hill steam plant generates 630 million pounds of steam per year, and we buy 460 million pounds of steam from Wasatch Energy Systems," Priest said. The Wasatch plant is located on 35 acres east of the base. The system includes two mass burn energy recovery units, each capable of processing 210 tons of solid waste landfill in Lay-to- n per day, a 232-acr- e landfill in Box and a 1,120-acr- e Elder County. |