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<text id=90TT3021>
<title>
Nov. 12, 1990: Business Notes:Defense Contracts
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Nov. 12, 1990 Ready For War
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 64
Business Notes
DEFENSE CONTRACTS
An Oasis From Home
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<body>
<p> To quench their thirst and stave off dehydration, U.S.
troops in the 120 degrees F Saudi Arabian desert must drink up
to 8 gal. of water a day. Much of the vital liquid comes from
local bottled well water that is cumbersome to transport.
</p>
<p> In a move that will help wean soldiers from the plastic
bottles, Milwaukee-based Aqua-Chem last month shipped Operation
Desert Shield three state-of-the-art water-purification units
with a total value of nearly $1 million. Each of the mobile
units, which use a process called reverse osmosis to convert
salt water or contaminated water to drinking water, can produce
up to 3,000 gal. per hour under battlefield conditions. Together
the units can meet the needs of 10,000 troops a day.
</p>
<p> Aqua-Chem sped production and delivery of the purifiers,
which were originally part of a $31 million, 98-unit order that
the military placed with the firm in 1987. The company plans to
ship three more mobile units to the army next spring.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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