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| | | Supreme Being
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Last Login: 5/17/2008 12:28:05 PM
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| | Perhaps one of you municipal guys knows the 'rest of the story'? What I heard: some contractor was supposed to be treating this nasty sewage contaminated water that our guys over there use to wash up, wash their clothes, etc. Now, some of them are getting sick. 1) is this such a difficult problem? I am sure that Jerry Riesenback will correct me (it not being my FIELD) when I say that it doesn't sound so hard to me, especially considering what those contractors are getting paid. Floc out particulates with alum, filter, chlorinate. 2) It makes me hopping mad that our guys are not getting decent water to live with, when they're over there serving our country in that hellhole. I'd treat their water for nothing, if they'd fly me over there, and let me eat at the messhall. 3) If my impression is correct, who do we string up first? GRRRRRR!!! http://www.dedalusenviro.com
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| | | Supreme Being
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| | I saw an article on this in the paper the other day ( to quote Will Rodgers : "I only know what I read in the papers....."). Of course they didn't get much into the technical end of things, and were vague on specifics, but from what I recall of it, the contractor was the same one we hear about all the time; the actual illness is not just one specific disease, but a collection of symptoms and ailments; that this may have been going on for several years; and (of course), the contractor denying responsibility for doing anything wrong or improper. Some of the descriptions of the water could indicate really poor treatment, but some could also be things like high iron levels. In any case, it is outrageous that a better job isn't being done, and some legislators are taking note, and trying to find out more. I'm sure we'll hear more on this. Am definitely interested in Jerry's take on it. |
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| | As Lurch would say "You Rang?". First you go to Huston for two weeks of indoctrination. Your housing and food is paid for while your there, but no wages. When you get to Iraq you have to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Do the math on the salary and it's not that much for a dangerous job. A Canadian friend of mine who used to work for me went there to work at the water plant. He said they wanted him to falsify the lab reports but he refused. Needless to say, they asked him to leave. This was about a year ago. I think I still have the press report. |
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