S. Reese, K. Cafferty, M. Acharya
Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, United States
Keywords: water resiliency, base water security, water efficiency, water reuse
Idaho National Laboratory, as part of a larger energy and water resilience program for the Army, performed two water resiliency projects for US Army Central (ARCENT) in Kuwait. The first was development and installation of a water reclaim system at Camp Buehring. The system captures gray water and recycles it for non-potable uses (e.g., flushing toilets), thereby reducing the volume of water that must be routinely delivered to the camp by truck. Details of the system design and its performance are presented. The second was an assessment of the water system at Camp Arifjan. A set of recommendations were provided that would enable the piped water received from the host nation water system to be certified as potable, in turn enabling the camp to eliminate or reduce its dependence on bottled water for potable uses. The recommendations were broken down into two primary categories – needed or recommended physical infrastructure upgrades (e.g., water storage tanks, distribution piping upgrades, water treatment) and needed water programmatic upgrades (e.g., water testing program elements, maintenance and operations program elements). Parameters of the assessment and a description of required upgrades are presented.