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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1981 Page 3 ocal ectricity used to keep bacteria off pipe )ui it, and it •king its ti weeks bd FBI nd has a ig to cliai; His pe ;e, will If ie nursk it theeai cipateim meetwiti^. Portillo i e greater with the ons meds iddress iporters is forecoi By RUTH M. DALY Battalion Reporter Researchers at Texas A&M University are ex perimenting with electrochemistry to overcome he biggest problem scientists have confronted in sing seawater as an energy source. An electric current injected into the seawater ceeps bacteria from depositing on power plant , lipes. Bacteria deposits in the past have been the nmendati eason seawater hasn’t been used as a source of 'et at thf >nergy. The bacteria deposits block the movement of lot gas which is needed to provide the energy, aid Dr. Hari Dhar, research assistant. Dhar said the primary purpose of using elec- hcity is to generate a toxic on the pipe surface so e bacteria won’t collect. Electricity is not used :o kill the bacteria, he said, but if the bacteria does settle on the poisonous surface, it will die. Seawater, which is warm on the surface, is )erson, »i passed through the boiler at a power plant where dns toki the water is heated. This heating process causes scencewi some gases to escape from the water, Dhar said. The gases then turn the turbine at the plant, providing power. When bacteria collects on the pipes, it doesn’t let the gases escape from the water, making the that Reais power plant ineffective, he said. Research at the University has utilized low- voltage currents, whereas similar research has used high-voltage currents in the water, Dhar said. Low voltage is better than high voltage, Dhar said, because high voltage causes calcium carbon ate deposits on tbe pipes, which hinder the power supply in the same way the bacteria does. Dr. John Bockris, leader of the research group, said more than $150,000 from the Texas A&M Sea Grant Program and the Department of the In terior has been used to fund the research, which beg&n in October 1979. Dhar said the research has been conducted on a small scale so far. But within the next six months, he said, research can be conducted on a larger, more realistic scale. Currently, the researchers — who also include Elizabeth Yancey, David Howell and Dr. Don Lewis — are studying the idea of current, Dhar said, to find the best combination of voltage and intervals between electric pulses. The best vol tage will generate the optimum amount of toxic, and the best interval will use the minimum amount of electricity. Within the next year, Dhar said, “mini-plants” can be set up to test results of the research under realistic conditions. When the technique is perfected, seawater can be used in an ocean environment, or at any other power plant where bacteria deposits are a problem. Council raises utility deposits By BELINDA McCOY Battalion Stall Anyone moving into College Station from now on will have to pay more money to get his elec tricity and water turned on than any of his neighbors probably had to pay. The College Station City Coun cil Thursday night approved an ordinance revising city utility de posits. Electricity deposits will be raised from $60 to $105, and water deposits will be raised from $10 to $30, the ordinance says. The city now fails to collect ab out 18% of its utility bills over $70, City Secretary Glenn Schroeder explained later. Since the deposits are used to cover bills not collected, the high er deposits will lower the p tage of bills never collected Schroeder said. The council passed a resolution renaming the portion of Kyle Street which recently underwent major improvements and now connects Jersey Street to Puryear Drive. The new portion will be called Jersey East Street. The new street name will mean address changes for residents in ercen- to5%. Tanglewood Apartments and the Culpepper Companies, said City Engineer Elrey Ash. “Those affected by the address change will be notified in the near future,” Ash said. The council agreed to transfer $5,168 from city salary accounts to pay for the printing of brochures that were used to explain capital improvements propositions in a recent bond election. City Manager North Bardell discussed with the council changes in charges for city garbage collection. The changes being considered will raise the monthly garbage col lection charge levied by the city from $3.50 to $4.00 for single- or multi-family households. Charges to businesses would also be raised, on a proportion basis, depending on the size of the garbage contain ers. The number of garbage pick ups being proposed could change from 22 per month to 26 per month, Bardell said. Factors affecting the increase in charges include the building of a new landfill site for $240,000 and the purchase of new equipment such as a dragline for $185,000, Bardell said. The city staff is still working on the proposed changes, he said, changes to the council in two to and will officially present the four weeks. COME GROW WITH US ALDERSGATE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH “The Church With A Heart-Warming Touch’ presents “Hendel’s Messiah” sung by the Century Singers Sunday April 19th 6:30 p.m. MEETING AT Middle School Auditorium JERSEY AT HOLIK College Station BUFFETS BUFFETS BUFFETS BUFFETS BUFFETS -board restructure ets RHA approval medical student, ask them for sup port in “The Eyes of Texas,” an organ-donation program being sponsored by Alpha Phi Omega and Student Government in asso ciation with the Living Bank in Houston. The registration drive will be held April 20-24 with a goal of 10,000 persons donating. Sicilo said the program has the approval of George Bush as well as the endorsement of most reli gions. “A&M donates more blood than any university in the nation, ” Sicilo said. “Why not carry that one step further?” He said that if the program meets with the approval of stu dents, this will be the first time a campus-wide organ drive has been sponsored. “I’d like to see Aggies get na tional acclaim for something that is truly exceptional, Sicilo said. In other action, openings for di rectorships were announced for the following areas: external affairs, facility operations, public relations, programming and pro jects. Also, reports were given on Almost Anything Goes, Casino, the National RHA Convention and Parents’ Day. ethloff named new istory dep t head Dr. Henry C. Dethloff, a specialist in American economic and ricultural history, has been named head of the Texas A&M Depart ment of History, effective Sept. 1. I Dethloff has served as interim department head since last Sent. 1 FS£USlfien he replaced Dr. Keith L. Bryant, who was named dean of the pollege of Liberal Arts. L Hans are underway, Dethloff said, for a master’s degree in history oy the wjth a !j us j ness opportunity minor which will create new job opportu- your Ma'-nities for liberal arts graduates. ned the v f New faculty members are being sought with specialities in naval of the pre®story, Indian and Texas history, the history of technology and busi- unidenl tS ® ess history, he said. >ut the #1 Dethloff, a native of Louisiana, earned his bachelor’s degree in at he (M e H aw at the University of Texas at Austin in 1956. He received a , gj^fi per’s in history from Northwestern State University and a docto- 5 ' r , r ‘ n history from the University of Missouri. ' He taught at the University of Southwestern Louisiana from 1962 student ^ com j n g { 0 x exas A&M in 1969. ou guf Among his publications are “The Centennial History of Texas A&M lanimou-' niversity” and “The Pictorial History of Texas A&M University,” as isly inju 1 ' kll as “Americans and Free Enterprise” published in 1979. r you. | [ ;rious >aper, By BERNIE FETTE Battalion Staff Members of the Residence 11s Association gave their stamp ipproval Thursday to a restruc- ing of the existing judicial irds system. The proposal, which would be iluated after a one-year trial riod, calls for the consolidation individual judicial boards into reral sub-area boards. Tom Murray, chairman of the licial Board Committee, said ; main need for the restructur- ' is to remedy the problem of insistency of separate boards. RHA Adviser Nolen Mears ed better training, supervision d consistency as advantages to ienew plan. 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