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.

Water

• Personal Water Treatment Devices
  
  
• Large Group Water Treatment System

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

EPA Guides

• Total Coliform Rule: A Handbook for Small Noncommunity Water Systems Serving less than 3,300 Persons
  
  
• Quick Reference Guide: Groundwater Rule
  
  
• Water System Engineering Drawings
  
  
• CSI Specs