Rotary District 5010 Alaskan Emergency Water Treatment System Project

Authors: Pollen, Michael R., NTL Alaska, Inc.; Jon Dufendach, CampWater Systems, LLC

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Abstract

This project was to design, build, test, and deploy rapidly-transportable emergency water treatment systems that could respond to winter outages of village potable water systems in rural Alaska. The $356,000 project was seed funded by Rotary International District 5010 (Alaska), but expanded with in kind donations and grant funding from the Denali Commission.

The project design was a collaboration between Jon Dufendach, President of CampWater Industries, LLC in Delta Junction and Michael Pollen, President of NTL Alaska, Inc. in Fairbanks. Dufendach provided the engineering, component assembly, and equipment operation during field testing. Pollen provided water treatment process consultation and field and laboratory analytical services for the field testing program. Both Dufendach and Pollen provided operations training for the recipients of the systems.

Four systems capable of treating 7,000 GPD of potable water from clear river or lake water under an ice cover in extreme cold weather conditions were constructed by CampWater Industries. Three systems were designed as helicopter transportable units and one as a Cessna 208 Caravan transportable unit. These were gifted to several Alaskan Regional Health Corporations and the Alaska State Defense Force, and have been deployed to Bethel, Nome, Fairbanks, and Wasilla. The entire project from concept to delivery was completed in 18 months.

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