Characterization of DoD Installation Wastewater Treatment.

摘要

The purpose of this report is to provide the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP)/Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) with an overview characterization of the wastewater treatment (WWT) facilities located on Department of Defense (DoD) military installations. Included in the characterization are insights and analysis on the types of installations that have their wastewater treated on- site versus off-site, and correlations between installation characteristics, business models for ownership and operation of facilities, the type of treatment used, and the Military Services. Out of 167 installations examined in this report, a little over half of them (53%) had at least one on-site WWT facility. The sets of installations with off-site and on-site WWT are compiled in Appendix C. Characteristics of the on-site WWT facilities highest treatment level, treatment technology, business model, and capacity are compiled in Appendix D. As expected, the strongest predictor of whether an installation has its wastewater treated on-site or off is its distance from civilian development. Isolated installations always treated their wastewater on-site, while those in close proximity to a large metropolitan area rarely did, and those embedded in an urban area never did. There is also a strong correlation with the geographic area of an installation: installations that are medium- large or larger were significantly more likely to have on-site WWT, while installations with very small to medium-small areas more often treated their wastewater off-site. In keeping with their tendency to have larger and more remote bases, the Marines Corps and Army more frequently had on-site wastewater treatment.