The Federal Emergency Management Agency has proposed to the Commonwealth Utilities Corp. to consider looking into a reverse osmosis drinking water project. <\/p>\n
CUC executive director Gary P. Camacho said this came up during a previous meeting between CUC senior managers and FEMA local and Washington, D.C. officials.<\/p>\n
Reverse osmosis is a water purification process to produce drinking water.<\/p>\n
The project, Camacho said in his report to the CUC board, is being looked at as a way for FEMA to move away from a required response to the CNMI\u2019s possible loss of water supply following an environmental disaster.<\/p>\n
Camacho said every time there is a disaster in the CNMI, FEMA flies bottled drinking water. He said CUC believes that FEMA intends to eliminate this cost in future storms.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we are discussing is some sort of reverse osmosis that CUC could operate for drinking water in an event of a disaster on [the] islands,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Camacho said this project will not only eliminate that expense for FEMA but also that dependence on flight to bring in essential supplies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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