“Did You Know?”

• Reverse Osmosis will continue to be the primary technology used with future developments in water purification systems for the U.S. Military and emergency agencies.

• The next generation of military R/O systems will be the EUWP (Expeditionary Unit Water Purification) System; capable of producing 100K gallons per day and remains transportable yet it will fit into a C-130 aircraft.

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Following the EUWP system there are plans for a 500K gallon per day unit that will fit into a C-17.

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The payoff for water purification development by the government is: “reaching strategic levels of military water production capability while supporting recent implications for homeland defense and humanitarian disaster relief.”

• ROWPU’s have been deployed for producing clean water in past civil emergencies; the cholera epidemic in Rwanda, aid for flood victims in North Dakota, in Honduras for hurricane Mitch victims, and currently are serving civilians in the Balkans, Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Iraq.

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A typical Operation Desert Storm armored division consumed 300,000 gallons of water every day with 350 tanks, 250 Bradley fighting vehicles, and 16,000 soldiers.

• Contrary to popular belief, Marines cannot drink seawater.

• The U.S. Army has built floating ROWPU barges capable of producing 300,000 gallons of water per day from saltwater.

• It is not practical to “carry” enough water to forward troops in the deserts of Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Transportable ROWPU’s are still needed for todays high-speed combat and will remain an integral part of military planning.

• Saltwater commonly has from 30,000 to 60,000 ppm of dissolved minerals.

ROWPU water has a TDS content of from 300 to 800 ppm making it equivalent to some commercially bottled water.

Stay tuned for more…..