Water Projects are selected to
help field units provide safe potable water at campgrounds. The Recreation
Program works with the Forest Service Water Users Board to make sure the forest
service systems are kept current with the latest EPA regulations. The water lab
is uniquely designed to test the effectiveness and durability of potable water
filters. The program's work is intended to help find solutions to
changing regulations.
Waste water projects are selected to help field units make decisions on the
best available method to deal with human waste. The original guidelines for
passive ventilation of toilet buildings (better know as the Sweet Smelling
Toilet or, SST) were
developed by the Recreation Program and are now used worldwide. Controlling
odor, preventing pollution, and minimizing maintenance continue to be project
goals.
The solid waste program works with animal resistant containers to help protect the visiting public and keep animals from becoming nuisances that must be destroyed. The program also looks at methods of recycling and recycling containers.
Current ProjectsWater
Sanitation
- Pit Toilet Treatment
- Magnesium Chloride Toilet Vault Treatment: A Means to Inhibit Freezing in Outdoor Toilets
- Vault Odor Control
- Vault Toilet Water Interception Analysis
Solid Waste
- Two-Cubic-Yard Bearproof Dumpster
- Double 32-Gallon Bearproof Refuse Container
- Animal Resistant Garbage Containers
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