USA-CERL's Wastewater Recycle R&D Program

U.S. Army experience with water and wastewater recycling/reuse has been continuous through several decades as water has historically been a vital logistic and tactical concern. A brief history is presented of the wastewater recycle program addressing shower and Laundry wastewater, including the development of a simple and economical batch treatment technology which allows the most efficient use of water during theater of operations use and in critical combat situations. Direction for future research and development is also presented in generic format to ensure that adequate data is collected to answer health related questions.