FINAL REPORT 18JAN93

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Subject: FINAL REPORT   18JAN93                                          

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                          PR-vVw'NTIVE MEI)ICINE AUG7.EXTA7!0.'l TEAY, AFTER AC4@-'O.N REPORT

                                                    (1) Water Tea=:

                                                          The water team focused its activities on
                          the -.m.,tediate restoration of r,,anicipal water supplies -by exmrliting
                          existing reservoir stores of over I billion gallons for evida-Acit of
                          chemical contamination by Iraqi personnel and assisting 4-n the
                          rapid reestablishment of water quality assascms-,it se-@ces by the
                          Ministry Of Wate- and Electricity. -The water desaliti;m@ion plants
                          were all severely damaged, but some of the water reservoirs were
                          above the' city' elevation.         Based upon the negative test results
                          provided by the Navy tea6m, water was released to the Kuwait City
                          distribution system via grav4-@ly flow. During their stay in Kuwait
                          the water team:

                                                          a. Conducted aL damage -assessment survey
                          at the Shuwaykb Water Desalination Treatment Plant, Kuwait City
                          &lo=; witt Army Corp of Engineers personnel.

                                                          b.     Coordinated activities with
   5 U.S.t. 552 (b)(6)               Deputy of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Ele--tricity and Water
                          (@T), and with                       @ Director of the Water Rp-sources
                          Dev-alopmsnt CO=tclr- 5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)
                                                          r-, Established a pl=- to tes'. all of the
                          reservoirs which provide water to Kuwait City and standing
sted :!o-- levisite,
                          =s@-axd, cyanide, and ne.-ve agent us@ng the U-c A=y-
                          M-772 Water Chemical Test Kit and @or arsenic using a co=arcir-2.
                          te@. kit@speci@.ic f ox, a--rtmic.
                                                          d. Vigi@lea the wate= testiag laboratory
                          at  the  W-.@ler Resources Developm@, Center. L@rato--y facilities
                          and equi;mezt had sus@ained mp-jor damage, dest--mcti=, and thsft o@O
                          e@pment by       occupying IraLq4- fo%,caz.

                                                          a. Collected, and tested water samples
                          from ,Nlutia L@,, M,.i@laL  F;gl,, and-Wpst @aites reservoirs -west and
                          sorth of Kuwixi'z City. 'AI3. samples tested negative ',or' @amical
                          c=tr-mination except for cmp- sample which was -.4ken                 =6 of the
                          M-a-zla High rasa--voi=s.        The sample which Created positive for
                          lowisite was thought to be an error in sample                         an aL wtlirl
                         .bag containing sodium thiowilfalts wax used.

                                                                Collected @       t*sted 15     additional
                          s@@ies from reservoirs at Do-ha and Subha=, are retes%Sd -the
                          'Pos4tive' rP-=P,--voi--Pt            Ei;t..    All samples           both te@-
                          tes-;d neca@ive for chemical ace,-it content.                  A,-'. water tp-st
                          resl-.s were6p=ovide@@ the M:W deL7-1-,.

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