An Evaluation of the Applicability of the Military Installation Water Reuse Model to Civil Works Activities

摘要

This report examines whether a military subpotable wastewater reuse model can be applied to Civil Works water supply and water conservation planning procedures. These procedures, as detailed in Institute for Water Resources (IWR) publications, are compared to military reuse model procedures with respect to (1) type and level of data gathered, (2) criteria for the evaluation of reuse and conservation technology, and (3) type of economic analysis performed. It was concluded that: (1) An unmodified military model would apply to Civil Works projects when (a) they were similar to a military installation in scale and type of water-using activities, (b) water supplier billing studies were available for the project area, and (c) there were unexploited opportunities for industrial and agricultural recycle and reuse. (2) Civil works projects of a different scale and nature than those usually found on military installations could use the military model if it was modified to (a) evaluate all costs and benefits of concern to Civil Works planners, and (b) consider conservation as well as recycle and reuse. (Author)