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DOI	10.1039/d3ew00624g
	Financial analysis of decentralized water reuse systems in mission critical facilities at US Army installations
	Hur, Andy Y.; Page, Martin A.; Guest, Jeremy S.; Ploschke, Christine M.
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2053-1400
EISSN	2053-1419
起始页码	10
结束页码	3
卷号	10 期号:3
英文摘要	Given increased frequency of droughts and other extreme events exacerbated by climate change, decentralized water reuse is being increasingly considered as a key opportunity for increasing resiliency and sustainability by reducing net municipal water demand and emergency resupply needs. Initial building scale approaches, such as onsite treatment and reuse of wastewater for toilet flushing has not been economically favorable in many cases. Return on investment (ROI) of such projects is limited by the capital and annual expenditures relative to the cost savings. This study applied integrated building scale cost models to assess the potential economic benefits of more advanced decentralized water reuse frameworks (e.g., reclaimed gray water for shower and laundry, reclaimed gray water for server cooling), with the ultimate aim of providing more economical approaches to increase sustainability and resiliency of buildings at U.S. Army installations. This study developed life cycle cost models of different building water reuse frameworks to characterize associated life cycle costs of systems and benefits in terms of return on investment. In an existing barracks building occupied with 500 personnel, both gray and black water treatment and reuse systems for toilet flushing do not provide economic benefit within system design life of 20 years. Incorporating broader water end uses such as shower and laundry resulted in a financial benefit after 26 years, with greater benefits at higher building occupancies. Also, economically favorable water reuse opportunities exist at Army data centers that require 130 kgal per day for server cooling. By performing sensitivity analysis over a range of key parameters - unit price of water, system capital costs, discount rate, and wastewater recovery percentage - the most important drivers of ROI were identified. In the context of current Army Directive 2020-03 Installation Energy and Water Resiliency Policy, the results support financially viable approaches for implementation of water reuse in military facilities that can also reduce resupply demands in grid-down or other emergency scenarios. Decentralized water reuse is a financially viable fit-for-purpose approach for water sustainment in mission critical facilities.
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Water Resources
WOS类目	Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences ; Water Resources
WOS记录号	WOS:001142334900001
来源期刊	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-WATER RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/304545
作者单位	United States Department of Defense; United States Army; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center (ERDC); Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL); University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hur, Andy Y.,Page, Martin A.,Guest, Jeremy S.,et al. Financial analysis of decentralized water reuse systems in mission critical facilities at US Army installations[J],2024,10(3).
APA	Hur, Andy Y.,Page, Martin A.,Guest, Jeremy S.,&Ploschke, Christine M..(2024).Financial analysis of decentralized water reuse systems in mission critical facilities at US Army installations.ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-WATER RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY,10(3).
MLA	Hur, Andy Y.,et al."Financial analysis of decentralized water reuse systems in mission critical facilities at US Army installations".ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-WATER RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY 10.3(2024).