Wastewater Treatment during Contingency Operations: The Balkans Challenge

✍ Scribed by Garry C. Zettersten; Raymond K. Best; Debra A. Dale

• Book ID: 102204224
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2002
• Weight: 154 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1048-4078
• DOI: 10.1002/ffej.10033

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

This article focuses on wastewater treatment during contingency operations at Eagle Base in Bosnia and Camp
Monteith and Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo. Operating in areas with limited regulation, U.S. forces in Europe have again
shown “the ability to demonstrate and incorporate environmental stewardship in all aspects of the
mission.” Over the past four years, environmental protection efforts associated with Balkan contingency
operations have evolved from an “extra duty” to a mission enabler and force protection issue. In the
process, U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) has established and operates under the following principles:
(1) protect the force; (2) limit U.S. liability against claims; (3) spend
U.S. dollars wisely; and (4) demonstrate and incorporate environmental stewardship in all aspects of
the mission. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.*