Baseline Water Demand at Forward Operating Bases

Abstract

Adequate supplies of potable water are essential for the establishment and operation of contingency base camps, especially in arid environments such as those in Southwest Asia. A baseline planning factor for water demand that reflects current contingency operations is essential to properly develop theater basing strategies and prepare valid base camp master plans. To provide that baseline, this work determined water usage at FOBs (13.3-34.4 gallons per capita per day [gpcd]), compared actual usage to planning factors previously developed by the Army, and estimated water requirements by base camp size (30 gpcd).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2013
Accession Number
ADA613424

Entities

People

  • Edgar D. Smith
  • Gary L. Gerdes
  • H. G. Anderson
  • K. J. Hay
  • Kurt Kinnevan
  • Stephen W. Maloney

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Construction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Drinking Water
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Military Applications
  • Military Facilities
  • Military Operations
  • Network Protocols
  • Reverse Osmosis
  • Southwest Asia
  • Standards
  • United States Central Command
  • Water Purification
  • Water Resources
  • Water Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Environmental Remediation and Restoration.
  • Systems Analysis and Design