Waste water disposal for military forces in Afghanistan in line with European standards

Ecolog AG is building its first stationary water treatment plant near the city of Bagram, Afghanistan. The plant is designed for a daily treatment capacity of 500 m3. This is equal to the amount of waste water generated every day by approx. 2,500 persons and therefore meets the disposal requirements of large military camps. The water is treated to quality levels that allow safe discharge, even by European standards, into rivers and the countryside. The treated water is also suitable for irrigation - very welcome in a country like Afghanistan, where large areas of land have turned to desert.

The sewage treatment plant will ensure environmentally friendly disposal of the waste water generated at the nearby camp of the American ISAF task force in Bagram Airbase. Negotiations are ongoing on the construction of further plants at other military locations in Afghanistan. Smaller mobile water treatment plants are already being operated, e.g. in Kunduz.

International military forces are committed to the protection of the environment in their operational areas. This is particularly true for Afghanistan. The environmental conditions in the country are critical. Unfortunately, the national infrastructure is not sufficiently established to provide adequate disposal services.

Military forces in Afghanistan that wish to avoid additional pollution of the environment through the waste water they generate depend on service partners who provide disposal services that are in accordance with the standards they would expect in their home countries.

The main objective of building the waste water disposal plants is to meet the disposal requirements of the military forces in the country. Doubtlessly, these plants set new standards in the field of disposal services for military forces on foreign deployment. In addition to that, they form the building blocks for the future infrastructure in Afghanistan, thus contributing to the mission of reconstruction of the peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan. ek