Navy explores alternatives for clean water near Naples

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Navy explores alternatives for clean water near Naples
By Sandra Jontz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Tuesday, November 18, 2008

NAPLES, Italy — Funds used by the Navy to provide bottled water to residents who live off base in the Naples area will dry up by early next month, but officials are exploring alternatives.

The Navy used emergency and extraordinary expense funds to pay for the water giveaway, and those funds will evaporate by early December, according to Cmdr. Jeff McAtee, a spokesman for the Naples public health evaluation.

"We are addressing this issue along several fronts and are confident U.S. personnel will continue to be provided bottled water," McAtee said in an e-mail.

Navy officials say after the funds run out, landlords for newly leased properties will be required to provide bottled water.

"(Naval Support Activity) Naples feels its personnel living in the community has a right to expect clean, safe water to drink at homes leased through NSA Housing, and that landlords have an obligation to provide it, just as they provide other services and amenities dealing with health and safety," McAtee wrote.


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