1. Downtown businesses operated sump pumps as the subsoil water level rose. 2. Apaches said federal Bureau of Reclamation workers did not resist the order by tribal council members to stop operating the pump on Monday morning. 3. But it would be Apaches operating the pumps instead of Phelps Dodge workers. 4. He says money has been so short that the refuge could not afford fuel to operate pumps. 5. The tribe claims Phelps Dodge illegally obtained permission to operate the pump by overstating the need to produce more copper for the U.S. effort during World War II. 6. If electric power is cut off, filling stations may not be able to operate pumps for several days. 7. Without power to operate pumps, one-third of Guam was without water service. 8. Because of the lack of fuel, pumps cannot be operated to deliver water to the people, however. |