PART B-WATER SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS
1. Army Water Proponency. Within the Department of the Army, the DCSLOG is designated as the
Army staff proponent for all land-based water resource matters. Under the guidance and policies of the
DCSLOG, the TRADOC is responsible for validating DOD and Army water consumption planning
factors. Within TRADOC, the CASCOM is the TRADOC proponent for the development, validation,
and maintenance of Army water consumption planning factors. To do this, CASCOM acquires
battlefield functional mission water usage profile data from related studies and various proponents.
2. The Water Planning Guide. Commanders and logistics staff planners at all levels should use the
Water Planning Guide to determine water requirements. The proponent for this publication is
CASCOM. The planning factors in the Water Planning Guide incorporate the results of a 1994 DA-
approved Water Consumption Planning Factors Study. The revised planning factors are incorporated
into the Army logistics data base and supersede the consumption factors in FM 10-52. The guide is a
comprehensive potable water sustainment planning tool. It will enable logistics planners to identify
requirements, assess capabilities and identify water purification, storage, and distribution requirements
to support military force projection operations.. The Water Planning Guide provides an explanation,
computation, and rationale for currently recognized potable water planning factors. Planning data
include gallon-per-man-per-day potable water planning factors for both conventional and integrated
theaters by Army force echelon/command level and climatic environment. Discrete population planning
factors are provided for EPW and civilian internee/refugee operations, military and SASO Force
Provider operations, redeployment vehicle washrack operations, and watercraft maintenance.
3. Water Conservation and Supply Discipline. Water is a resource, not only essential for the
sustainment of life, but critical to the combat effectiveness of a military force. Commanders at all levels
are responsible to ensure that water conservation and supply discipline are continuously exercised by all
personnel and waste is minimized, regardless of water availability. Procedures for water supply
discipline must be set up and enforced. Adequate water availability and consumption must be
maintained to prevent heat casualties. Water inventories must be protected from pilferage,
contamination, capture, or damage/loss from natural causes. In temperate, tropical, or cold theater
environments where raw water is readily available, potable water will be provided with minimum
controls. However, even in these environments, considerable materiel and manpower force structure
may be required to produce and distribute potable water that meets the minimum standards for personnel
consumption. In arid theaters where raw water sources are scarce, water conservation and waste
minimization become even more critical to sustained force operations. In these theaters, water will be
centrally managed by MMCs as a critical supply commodity and all water distributed within the theater
will, by necessity, be potable. To ensure the availability of quality water to meet the critical minimum
requirements for unit level drinking, personal hygiene, field feeding, heat injury treatment, and medical
operations, commanders must be prepared to compromise noncritical requirements for other operations
such as central hygiene, laundry, and engineer construction. Water conservation and supply discipline
training should be conducted periodically to ensure a thorough understanding of principles, practices,
and procedures.
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