1. Component NAVY FY 2004 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM 3. Installation and Location/UIC:N00174 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DIVISION INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND 4. Project Title WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS (...continued) 309 2. Date 2/3/03 7. Project Number 160 Demolition the steam plant spray cooling pond, and site restoration. reflects more than 150% of the project scope area in relationship to the area of new construction. Built-in equipment includes intrusion detection system infrastructure. Sustainable principles will be integrated into the design, development, and construction of the project in accordance with Executive Order 13123 and other laws and Executive Orders. 11. Requirement: LS Adequate: LS Substandard: LS PROJECT: Construct and modernize the mission-critical industrial and potable water systems at Naval Surface Warfare Center (IHDIV). (Current mission) REQUIREMENT: Adequate secured facilities are required to accommodate a sound utilities infrastructure in order to offer a full spectrum of energetic solutions to the ordnance community, provide direct support to U.S. and Allied Forces, and support IHDIV and tenant commands. Adequate infrastructure is also required for domestic water needs and includes drilling of new wells with adequate yields into the Patuxent aquifer and construction of potable water storage tanks with capacity to satisfy industrial, domestic and fire protection requirements. An adequate industrial water system is required to operate the steam plant, which supports energetic processes, ensures safety by maintaining explosives storage facilities at uniform temperature, and provides heat for IHDIV and tenant commands. To satisfy the feed water requirement, the project includes piping for dedicated supply of river water, reverse osmosis/continuous deionization system for year round treatment of river water and water storage tanks. To protect steam plant auxiliary equipment from over heating, project also includes an equipment-cooling loop with cooling tower. New potable water piping will include disinfections of lines. CURRENT SITUATION: The existing mission-critical utilities infrastructure marginally meets mission requirements with major difficulty. The water system infrastructure is so severely deteriorated that constant repairs are required simply to maintain the system. Operators must dedicate their resources to repair the system on a 24-hour, purely reactive basis. A Form DD 1 Dec 76 1391C Submitted to Congress Page No. 206 1. Component NAVY FY 2004 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM 3. Installation and Location/UIC: N00174 NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DIVISION INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND 4. Project Title WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS 309 2. Date 2/3/03 7. Project Number 160 (...continued) demineralizer currently treats steam plant boiler feed water using sulfonated coal. This medium must be replaced; however, sulfonated coal is no longer manufactured due to environmental restrictions. The demineralizer cannot treat river water for six months each year due to seasonal high salinity. Therefore, IHDIV must treat potable well water to meet the 500,000 gallons per day (gpd) feed water requirement. During summer months, the existing spray cooling pond does not adequately reduce the temperature of steam plant auxiliary equipment cooling water. To avoid equipment damage, operators must use 129,000 gpd of potable water for equipment cooling. IHDIV currently obtains potable water from 10 wells. Recent studies indicate that countywide use of the Patapsco aquifer is maximized; nine IHDIV wells currently pull from this aquifer. Many wells are low yielding, and the aged well houses contain lead paint. The elevated storage tanks at IHDIV have deteriorated inner and outer coatings; the outer coatings rank above the Consumer Product Safety Commission's recommended lead level. In addition, the tank capacity at IHDIV's Stump Neck Annex does not meet the National Fire Protection Association Code and monitoring requirements established by the Environmental Protection Agency. IMPACT IF NOT PROVIDED: The mission-critical utilities infrastructure will marginally meet mission requirements. IHDIV will also be affected by the following specific impacts: 1) the condition of the existing industrial and potable water systems will remain beyond repair. 2) Replacement of the demineralizer sulfonated coal medium with a gel medium is possible; however, the gel medium would not be able to treat ground water or high-salinity river water due to the mineral content. Therefore, renting a mobile reverse osmosis/deionization unit to treat steam plant boiler feed water for six months each year would be required. 3) The potable water system will continue to rely upon aged, low-yielding wells drawing from a maximized aquifer. 4) IHDIV will be unable to reduce the use of potable water for steam plant machinery cooling. 5) Operators will be required to dedicate their resources to emergency repairs of pumps, tanks, waterlines, and equipment. 6) Continued violation of the National Fire Protection Association code for emergency flow at Stump Neck Annex. 7) The lead content of the outer coating on the existing elevated water storage tanks will continue to exceed the level recommended by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. 8) Existing monitoring and control system will be unable to support continuous monitoring requirements. Form DD 1 Dec 76 1391C Submitted to Congress Page No. 207 A. Estimated Design Data: (Parametric estimates have been used to develop project costs. Project design conforms to Part II of Military Handbook 1190, Facility Planning and Design guide) B. Equipment associated with this project which will be provided from other appropriations: NONE. JOINT USE CERTIFICATION: The Naval Regional Commander certifies that this project has been considered for joint use potential. Unilateral construction is recommended. The reason for this recommendation is: This is an installation utility/infrastructure project and does not qualify Form DD 1 Dec 76 1391C Submitted to Congress Page No. 208 |