Contingency Base Camp Solid Waste Generation

Abstract

Solid waste management is an important engineering function at Forward Operating Bases (FOBs). Due to the contingency nature of base operations and daily life at the FOB, waste generation is likely to be always higher than Continental United States (CONUS) on a per soldier basis. To improve operational effectiveness and efficiency, there is a need to gather baseline information on which to evaluate the performance of new technologies and approaches to solid waste management. To fill this data gap, the Army Study Program funded a group of studies for power, water, and waste management. This specific work characterized and quantified solid waste generation, which includes septage ( blackwater ) generation, at the per soldier and base camp level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA613823

Entities

People

  • Byung J. Kim
  • H. G. Anderson
  • Kurt Kinnevan
  • Stephen D. Cosper

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Construction
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Ecology
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Protection
  • Health
  • Military Personnel
  • Public Health
  • Sanitation
  • Solid Waste
  • United States
  • Waste Collection
  • Waste Management

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  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.