Solid Waste Management Options for Naval Installations on Guam.
Abstract
The Navy's solid waste (SW) management operations and energy production/distribution systems on the island of Guam were inspected and evaluated. Air Force and Civil (GovGuam) operations were also brought into the study in the interest of exploring possible integrated concepts. It was found that SW procedures practiced by the PWC Guam conform well with NAVFAC instructions and EPA guidelines. Opportunities for resource recovery, particularly of aluminum and boxboard, should be exploited, however. The collection and landfill disposal operations can be continued for up to 15 years before changes need to be made. Benefit/cost analyses of alternative disposal approaches were performed. The concept of burning all of the Navy's SW to steam-drive the Naval station's air conditioning plant emerged as a possibility. Another cost beneficial approach, but one involving the other jurisdictions, would be to erect a turbo-electric (2.5-MW) facility that would fire all of the SW generated on Guam. The mass-fired plant would be owned by GovGuam and preferably operated by a full-service contractor. Since both the GovGuam and Air Force landfills have very limited additional usage and acceptable new sites are quite limited, the concept would solve the serious SW disposal problems now faced by both of those entities.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADA148947
Entities
People
- R. M. Roberts
Organizations
- Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center