Civil Engineers keep Al Udeid quality of life flowing

Airman 1st Class Joshua Rickerd, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels, sprays down a lift station with water to keep sewage from backing up the plumbing system August 14, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Waste water is tested and monitored daily to ensure the systems are running smoothly and do not back up. With the high number of deployed members here at Al Udeid, the airmen stay busy day and night keeping the septic systems running to support the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Civil Engineers keep Al Udeid quality of life flowing

The base pool goes through a weekly purge to ensure that all contaminants are completely out of the filters before refilling the tanks to keep members deployed to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar safe and healthy. With the high number of deployed members here at Al Udeid, the 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels airmen stay busy day and night keeping the systems running to support the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Airman 1st Class Joshua Rickerd, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels, fills a reservoir with water prior to completing the daily lift station maintenance August 14, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Waste water is tested and monitored daily to ensure the systems are running smoothly and do not back up. With the high number of deployed members here at Al Udeid, the 379th ECES water and fuels airmen stay busy day and night keeping the systems running to support the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Staff Sgt. Daniel Hernandez, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels, goes through a step-by-step checklist to properly flush the water filtration system for a pool August 14, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. With the high number of deployed members here at Al Udeid, the 379th ECES water and fuels airmen stay busy day and night keeping the systems running to support the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Airman 1st Class Joshua Rickerd, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels, sprays down a lift station with water to keep bacteria and mold from backing up the plumbing system August 14, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Waste water is tested and monitored daily to ensure the systems are running smoothly and do not back up. With the high number of deployed members here at Al Udeid, the airmen stay busy day and night keeping the septic systems running to support the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes

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Airman 1st Class Steven Blakeley, 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels, opens a main valve that supplies water through a purifying system that is used for indoor plumbing throughout the Blatchford Preston Complex August 16, 2015 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. With the high number of deployed members here at Al Udeid, the 379th ECES water and fuels airmen stay busy day and night keeping the systems running to support the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

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Civil Engineers keep Al Udeid quality of life flowing

Published Aug. 20, 2015
By Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes
379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs

AL UDEID AIR BASE, QATAR --

The 379th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuels flight here at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar supports the largest number of deployed members to date that live or transit through here, making sure the water, fuels and septic systems run smoothly. The airmen test and maintain P.H. balances of water used on a daily basis and also monitor service lift stations and fuel tanks around the base.