1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:04,570 --> 00:00:06,681 I'm Erin Jenny from the Alison Public 3 00:00:06,681 --> 00:00:08,737 Affairs Office . I'm here today with 4 00:00:08,737 --> 00:00:10,681 senior Riley Water Treatment Plant 5 00:00:10,681 --> 00:00:12,792 operators and Riley . Can you tell me 6 00:00:12,792 --> 00:00:15,014 where we're at today ? So we're here at 7 00:00:15,014 --> 00:00:17,070 Alison's Water treatment plant where 8 00:00:17,070 --> 00:00:16,860 the base drinking water is treated and 9 00:00:16,870 --> 00:00:18,814 supplied to the base . Do you mind 10 00:00:18,814 --> 00:00:20,537 showing me inside ? Let's go . 11 00:00:24,780 --> 00:00:26,724 So , what's the first step in this 12 00:00:26,724 --> 00:00:28,836 whole process ? So here , the largest 13 00:00:28,836 --> 00:00:31,058 water treatment facility in PAC A , the 14 00:00:31,058 --> 00:00:33,224 first step is injecting the well water 15 00:00:33,224 --> 00:00:35,502 with KMNO four or potassium per Magana . 16 00:00:35,639 --> 00:00:37,861 And what that does is oxidizes the iron 17 00:00:37,861 --> 00:00:39,917 and manganese particles in the water 18 00:00:39,917 --> 00:00:42,083 and they create a flop and it makes it 19 00:00:42,083 --> 00:00:44,139 easier for the green sand filters to 20 00:00:44,139 --> 00:00:46,139 pull them out of the solution . All 21 00:00:46,139 --> 00:00:48,028 nice . Speaking of the green sand 22 00:00:48,028 --> 00:00:50,195 filters , can you show me that ? Yes , 23 00:00:50,195 --> 00:00:53,790 let's do it . So , what's this fuss 24 00:00:53,799 --> 00:00:56,720 about green sand filters ? So we're not 25 00:00:56,729 --> 00:00:58,979 actually filtering green sand . The 26 00:00:58,990 --> 00:01:00,879 green sand filters get their name 27 00:01:00,879 --> 00:01:02,768 because they're composed of three 28 00:01:02,768 --> 00:01:05,046 layers . The first layer is anthracite . 29 00:01:05,046 --> 00:01:07,268 The second layer is feral sand or green 30 00:01:07,268 --> 00:01:09,268 sand because of the color . And the 31 00:01:09,268 --> 00:01:11,101 third layer is gravel . And what 32 00:01:11,101 --> 00:01:13,157 happens is the well water goes in at 33 00:01:13,157 --> 00:01:15,379 the top of the filter , it trickles out 34 00:01:15,379 --> 00:01:17,323 and in the second layer , iron and 35 00:01:17,323 --> 00:01:19,434 manganese is removed from the water . 36 00:01:19,434 --> 00:01:21,490 The 1st and 3rd layer is responsible 37 00:01:21,490 --> 00:01:23,712 for removing any of the debris found in 38 00:01:23,712 --> 00:01:25,768 the well water . What happens to the 39 00:01:25,768 --> 00:01:27,879 water after the stuff after it leaves 40 00:01:27,879 --> 00:01:29,768 the filters , it goes back to the 41 00:01:29,768 --> 00:01:31,990 granular activated carbon towers and we 42 00:01:31,990 --> 00:01:34,157 can go back there and check them out . 43 00:01:34,157 --> 00:01:33,319 Yeah , sweet if you don't mind . Yeah , 44 00:01:33,330 --> 00:01:34,120 let's go . 45 00:01:40,750 --> 00:01:43,930 So a little birdie told me that in 2017 , 46 00:01:44,010 --> 00:01:46,860 Alison was the second dod insulation to 47 00:01:46,870 --> 00:01:49,589 uh uh receive 48 00:01:51,339 --> 00:01:53,709 granular activated carbon , better 49 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:55,887 known as GAK absorption towers , which 50 00:01:55,887 --> 00:01:57,887 are specifically designed to remove 51 00:01:57,887 --> 00:02:00,109 PFAS chemicals . Can you tell the folks 52 00:02:00,109 --> 00:02:02,164 a little bit about this ? We are the 53 00:02:02,164 --> 00:02:04,160 first active duty base to have gap 54 00:02:04,169 --> 00:02:06,370 towers and these towers were put here 55 00:02:06,379 --> 00:02:09,270 to remove pop four chemicals from the 56 00:02:09,279 --> 00:02:11,449 water before it sent out to the base . 57 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:23,107 See , I , I understand this is a clear 58 00:02:23,107 --> 00:02:25,273 well step , but it's not that clear to 59 00:02:25,273 --> 00:02:27,639 me at all . What's up with that ? So a 60 00:02:27,649 --> 00:02:29,982 clear well is similar to a storage tank . 61 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:32,440 The only difference is water is never 62 00:02:32,449 --> 00:02:35,449 not moving . So once it leaves the Gap 63 00:02:35,460 --> 00:02:37,729 towers , it goes to our clear wells and 64 00:02:37,740 --> 00:02:39,740 it goes from this clear well to our 65 00:02:39,740 --> 00:02:41,851 second clear well and then out to the 66 00:02:41,851 --> 00:02:44,129 base . So we never have water stagnant . 67 00:02:44,129 --> 00:02:46,462 So it never allows for bacteria to grow . 68 00:02:46,462 --> 00:02:48,629 Always fresh , always fresh . Speaking 69 00:02:48,629 --> 00:02:50,851 of that , all this water talks . Got me 70 00:02:50,851 --> 00:02:53,184 thirsty . Do you mind if we get a drink ? 71 00:02:53,184 --> 00:02:55,407 Yeah , let's go grab some . Thank you . 72 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,660 Uh Wait , hold on . What's that 73 00:02:59,669 --> 00:03:00,669 noise ? 74 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,016 Colonel Paul Townsend 3 54th fighter 75 00:03:10,016 --> 00:03:12,016 Wing commander . What are you doing 76 00:03:12,016 --> 00:03:14,238 here ? Hey , I'm at the water treatment 77 00:03:14,238 --> 00:03:16,580 plant here at Alison Air Force Base and 78 00:03:16,589 --> 00:03:18,700 you know what , I'm gonna get a glass 79 00:03:18,700 --> 00:03:20,899 of water . She heard that you can't 80 00:03:20,910 --> 00:03:23,059 drink the water out of the tap . Oh , 81 00:03:23,070 --> 00:03:25,949 you absolutely can . I feel like just 82 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:28,229 folks don't know . There's like , oh , 83 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:30,351 it comes from the wastewater . Like , 84 00:03:30,351 --> 00:03:33,490 no , we don't do that here . Cheers .