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the proper areas. For iQstancat,the first swer outfall
plaoed on the jsland was one leading out of the Able
tent area.
o.

In ●ddition, informal cooperation from the oontraotorwas

forthcomingsubst~tially whenever it was asked.
d. It is estimated that 2W of the total work on the entire
overall project was done ~ the contractor,and that 5@ of the WOrk
requiring skills was done by him personnel.
8. Water Supply
a. The question of water supply at Kwajalein is of such engineer
\
interest as to justi$ a paragraph for iteelf.
b. At the start of aonstruation,water was supplied to the ATC
end of the island in two kinds, fresh and brackish. The frek water is
distilled by Navy and delivered by tank truck. Them are no fresh water
systems exoept for one or two eases where one storage tank serves several
buildings. Construction,so far as frenh waterwns ooncemed, consisted
of tanks plaoed at the various structures and fresh water lines leading
from than to water aoolera and taps. It presented no particular problem.
.
o.

Brackish water was quite another matter. The ATC system

oonsisted of three wells, one of whioh had been abandoned; a 4“ main along
the through road; an,elevated tank near the NCO Club$ and a 4S0,000 gallon
tank at the extreme end of the line and end of tho island. The line
itself WM

in bad oondition and the p~ps at the two wells, whiah were in

use, were both improvised setups of very unreliable perfonnanoe. The whole
resulted in frequent interruptionsto service*

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