Sasebo announces water restrictions

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Sasebo announces water restrictions
By Travis J. Tritten, and Hana Kusumoto, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, November 30, 2007

SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — Sasebo residents will be without water for 28 hours at a stretch when the city begins rationing its supply Dec. 15, the city water utility announced this week.

Conservation efforts in recent weeks have not done enough to stave off drought conditions in Sasebo city, officials said. On Wednesday, the water supply dipped to a seasonal low of 56 percent of capacity.

The U.S. Navy cut water pressure to areas of its base Wednesday, and car washes have been put on hold to save dwindling public water supplies.

The base announced no plan to ration water by press time. So far, only those living off base will be affected by the water outages.

The base will do all it can to save water as long as conservation measures do not hinder the Navy’s mission in Sasebo, base commander Capt. Tilghman Payne said during a radio appearance Tuesday.

Any plans to begin rationing water will be announced as soon as possible, according to an e-mail advisory by Lt. Cmdr. David Kang, the base public works officer.


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1. k&r

kicking this up because the sheer arrogance of the US military to go into someone else's country and use up their resources (in peace even) while they are themselves on restrictions needs to be seen.