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Show ir a UU Hill AFB, Utah ii n am m U Ok at f www.hiIltoptimes.com hilltop.pahiII.af.mil Vol. 57 No. 34, August 16, 2001 D 84056-582- 4 to Compile gaves irebatte by Sue Berk Hilltop Times staff Tax rebate checks are starting to roll in. As many families think about what they might do with the refund, one Layton couple donated theirs to Operation Warmheart Ron and Nancy Gregers presented $600 to Senior Master Sgt. Keith Close, Hill's Operation Warmheart vice president, Aug. 9. Nancy's employer, Heroux Devtak, a landing gear and repair overhaul contractor, matched that amount "As active members of the Air Force Association, we both firmly agreed that we should INSIDE: donate this check to the military men and women of this community, many of whom will receive little or no rebate," Nancy said in a letter to Ogden Air Logistics Center Command Chief Master Sgt. Deborah Brian. "Since both my husband and I work directly with Hill AFB on a daily basis, we are very much aware that Operation Warmheart is dedicated to assist U.S. Air Force service men, women and their families in coping with the ever increasing cost of living. We are also aware that every dollar donated goes directly to service personnel in need, with no administrative costs incurred. Knowing that the needs within this program far exceed the available funds, Job Fair Tuesday Page 2 Play it safe Page 3 ' Quarterly award winners named we hope that this small contribution will bring some relief," Nancy wrote. "We wanted to do something with the refund that would make a difference." Ron said. "We hope this generates a drive and motivates others who are as fortunate to help those who need it." Operation Warmheart is a program operated by the Hill First Sergeant's Council designed to provide assistance to military families with the primary focus on Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. All money donated to Operation Warmheart is used to support Air Force families assigned to Hill AFB. "Last year we spent $12,000 on more than 200 families here on Hill AFB during Thanks- Wairinnilhieairt ft th year-roun- d giving and Christmas," Close said. "Every little penny helps when you're helping that many people. I think that's one of the things that sets us apart from the civilian community we do take care of our own people. "We target the holiday season, however we're here year round," Close said. Operation Warm-heaassists families throughout the year with food and basic living necessities. For more information about the program or to make a donation, contact a unit first sergeant or Brian at Ext. rt - i4 U J Photo by Gary Boyle Ron and Nancy Gregers talk with Operation Warmheart vice president Senior Master Sgt. Keith Close after donating their $600 federal tax refund to the program. Facility filters water for test range The Utah Test and Training Range, located 50 miles west of Hill AFB 105 miles by road covers nearly 3,000 land. square miles of The range conducts military combat trainand tests conventional stores and and ing munitions and missile and aircraft systems. Closed to the public, the area is DoD-controll- ed air-to-a- ir supported by civil engineering functions, security, fire protection, vehicle maintenance, munitions storage, food service, billeting and recreation. This is the first in a series of articles on UTTR Regatta Mtllgnts Bash Pages 6-- 0otivitim by Mary Galbralth Hilltop Times staff 7 and a Hal Sagers' water know-hon dollar water treatment facility keep Utah Test and Training Range workers from getting thirsty in the arid w half-millio- Hill repair Impresses conference desert. Sagers can process 100 gallons of water a minute. He said that's pretty impressive, considering the average shower uses about 34 gallons a minute. Sagers produces about 6 million gallons of water a year using a reverse i9 Hlil forming r,J basketball teams osmosis process. Water is drawn from well (that's been used since a 300-fothe 1960s) and pumped to the plant. $. ot The technology isn't really unique I . and is used in industry, but for culi- I nary purposes this system is rare, Sagers said. When the military deploys, they use similar purification systems but it's uncommon to use the system on a base like Hill, he added. "When it comes out of the well, it's very brackish," Sagers said. "There's a real high salt content so it's really bad water. It's about like drinking out of the Great Salt Lake." The total dissolved soluble is at 5,500 OlfP EEC' j 1 1; ir " parts per million straight from the well. By the time he runs Owater through the filtration system, there are 75 parts per million. "It's very pure. Some people don't like the taste, because basically you're drinking soft water," he said. "But if it's cold, it tastes pretty good to me." Sagers said straight from the well, the water's pH is about 8.0. He reduces e sulit to 5.9 by injecting a furic acid. Every few minutes a compressor that runs the filtration system's pneumatic Photos by Mary Galbralth A dollar water filtration facility and Hal Sagers keep the Utah Test and Training Range from drying out In the desert. half-milli- high-grad- A computer controls comes control system is the water plant's brain, monitoring all functions. "If something is too high it will autoon-lin- e. matically shut down," Sagers said. "It's got alarms through the whole system that prevent bad water from going out the other end. Yesterday morning I came in and it was shut down. The pH of the product water got a little high so it shut it down shut my pumps off and killed the whole system. It's in it." got a lot of Large blue tanks filter the water taking out gravel and working down to fine sand particles. "They filter out the big stuff, which fail-saf- es we don't have a lot coming from wells," Sagers said. "After that, it comes over and goes through three fine micron filters. They take out all the tiny stuff." Water is pumped through membranes using about 300 pounds of pressure, Each time solids are reduced. When See Water, page Pro advice . Lock shop keeps J. ,. - base secure Page 13 I Y't n , ;: c- - j - , CJ I Aug. 22 I I CD 7:30 p.m. Dee Events Center COPY Photos by Gary Boyle PGA Tour winner, Mike Reld, above, offers advice during a Monday golf clinic held as part of the third annual Commander's Cup Golf Tournament here. The Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Utah sponsors the tournament, with proceeds benefitting the Hill Aerospace Museum. Tournament participants, left, practice at the driving range of the Hubbard Memorial Golf Course. Two-tim-e 1 I 1 O O 2 |