51 Sailors from USS Ronald Reagan Suffering Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia, Brain Tumors After

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25. Apparently the USS Ronald Reagan doesn't use distillation, it uses reverse osmosis

"Once the water is made from seawater by a process of reverse osmosis, it is stored in large storage tanks aboard ship, and Howell’s generators have the job of keeping that water purified by killing bacteria and preventing algae formation."

http://www.bridgton.com/howell-labs-products-helping-to-bring-fresh-water-to-japan%E2%80%99s-people/

Howell Labs products helping to bring fresh water to Japan’s people
March 24th, 2011
By Gail Geraghty
Staff Writer

A Bridgton business is helping to bring fresh drinking water to the earthquake-beleaguered people of Japan, in the form of water purification equipment that services the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier.

Howe Engineering Company’s “Mixed-Oxidant Elecrolytic Disinfectant Generator” is capable of purifying 400,000 gallons of drinking water a day, and is being used by the U. S. Navy to provide fresh drinking water to earthquake-plagued Japan.

It’s a little-known fact that Howell Laboratories, Inc., just outside downtown Bridgton on the top of Route 117, is one of the top suppliers of water purification technology equipment to the U.S. Navy, and that about half of its business is through government contracts. When the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan was ordered March 12 to lead a task force to help with relief efforts in Japan, it carried in its hold water that was kept purified by four “Mixed-Oxidant Electrolytic Disinfectant Generators” (MEDGs) manufactured by the 60 employees who work at the Bridgton plant.

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Howell’s generators, which produce a mixed oxidant that purifies the water, are in use on most of the United States’ aircraft carriers, as well as many of the Navy’s Destroyer-class warships and San Antonio-class amphibious transport ships. Howell’s Model 7060 generators are capable of purifying up to 400,000 gallons of drinking water a day — a very large amount indeed.

“One of the features of our equipment that are of appeal in a disaster situation is the fact that they can produce large quantities of fresh drinking water,” Wescott said. In non-disaster situations, the generators are used to keep the water that’s used by those who serve aboard the aircraft carriers pure and ready to drink. Once the water is made from seawater by a process of reverse osmosis, it is stored in large storage tanks aboard ship, and Howell’s generators have the job of keeping that water purified by killing bacteria and preventing algae formation.

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