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It?s a messy job on the banks of the Euphrates River for Sgt. Mark A. Berry and his team of Marines June 18, 2006, as they work the reverse osmosis water purification unit at Blue Diamond ? just outside of Ramadi. Berry, a 28-year-old native of Dallas, and two other Marines here utilize the system to produce 15,000 to 18,000 gallons of cleaned, purified and chlorinated water every day for Iraqi Security Forces in the area. Without the water, the ISF would be severely limited in their ability to prepare food, shower and otherwise survive as they conduct missions in the region.