MANAGE POTABLE WATER SURVEILLANCE Flashcards
NAVMED P-5010, Chapter 6
Water Supply Afloat
Coaming
A raised frame (as around a hatchway in the deck of a ship) to keep out water
Define Distillation
The total process the distilling plant forms, including evaporation and condensation.
Define Distillation
The total process the distilling plant forms, including evaporation and condensation.
Define: Free Available Chlorine (FAC)
Chlorine available (after demand is met) in the forms of Hypochlorous acid and Hypochlorite ions.
Define: Micron
A unit of length. One millionth of a meter.
Define: Point of Use (POU)
A treatment device applied to a single tap used for the purpose of reducing contaminants in drinking water at that tap.
Define: Potable Water
Water that is suitable for human consumption, bathing, laundry, personal hygiene.
Define: Reverse Osmosis (RO)
The reverse of the natural osmosis achieved by external application of sufficient reverse pressure to cause the solvent to flow in its unnatural direction.
Define: Colilert / Colisure
Test used to detect total coliform and E-coli in the potable water.
Define: Total Coliform
Are a group of closely related, mostly harmless bacteria that live in soil and water as well as the guts of animals. The extent to which total coliforms are present in the source water can indicate the general quality of that water and the likelihood that the water is contaminated with fecal matter. The presence or absence of total coliform bacteria is the drinking water standard.
A type of fecal coliform bacteria commonly found in the intestines of animals and humans. Presence of this bacteria in water is a strong indication of recent sewage or animal waste contamination.
Sewage may contain many types of disease-causing
organisms
E. Coli (Escherichia coli)
Command Responsibilities:
Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEASYSCOM)
Responsible for the shipboard potable water systems, treatment facilities and processes to assure that safe drinking water is available at all times.
(a) Design
(b) Construction
(c) Maintenance
Command Responsibilities:
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFACENGCOM)
Responsible for promulgating instructions for ship-to-shore potable water connections and for providing potable water from an approved source when the ship is berthed at a naval facility.
Command Responsibilities:
Chief, BUMED
(a) Responsible for establishing and promulgating health standards for water quality afloat.
(b) Promulgate appropriate instructions, notices, or other publications to reflect
afloat water quality requirements.
(c) Establish the shipboard requirements for medical surveillance of potable water systems.
Command Responsibilities:
Commanding Officer
Responsible for promulgating a water sanitation bill to
ensure that procedures for:
receipt,
transfer,
treatment,
storage, and distribution
surveillance
Command Responsibilities:
Engineering Department
Responsible to the commanding officer for implementing the requirements of NAVSEASYSCOM.
Command Responsibilities:
Medical Department Representative (MDR)
Responsible for conducting a medical surveillance program of the potable water system.
(1) Bacteriological (BACTI) Testing
(2) Daily Halogen Testing
(3) MDR shall notify the commanding officer of any discrepancies observed in the potable water distribution system
Who ensures that all ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship connections are made only by authorized personnel, when available, or in their absence, ship personnel who are properly supervised by authorized personnel.
Engineering Department
Who is responsible for Halogen and pH testing?
Engineering Department
Who ensures minimum halogen residuals are maintained at a potable water tank before placing the tank on-line to the potable water distribution system.
Engineering Department
For new ship construction, how many gallons per man per day is specified by NAVSEASYSCOM for design considerations?
50 gallons
What does the 50 gallons per man per day not apply to?
“Water Hours”.
1) Not less than 2 gallons per man per day.
2) Particularly applicable to troop-carrying ships loaded beyond their water- producing capacity.
3) Sea water is used for marine sanitation device systems.
What are the approved sources of potable water for Naval ships.
-Distillation, Reverse Osmosis (RO), or other NAVSEA approved water production technology.
-Shore-to Ship delivery from an approved source
-Shore-to-Ship delivery from an unapproved source
-Ship to Ship
-Seawater is used aboard ships such as in the fire mains, decontamination, and for marine sanitation devices (MSDs) flushing
Avoid making potable water while operating in:
1) Harbors or from polluted seawater.
2) When ships are operated in close formation.
3) When stripping or discharging waste or bilge water forward of the saltwater intakes.
When can you receive water via shore-to-Ship delivery from an unapproved source
If the water has been treated at a minimum of 2.0
ppm prior to receipt.
Allied Military sources for Shore to ship water
1) British Royal Navy
2) Canadian Forces
3) Royal Australian Navy
4) Other OCONUS locations may be obtained from U.S. Military representatives ashore or Navy Environmental Preventive Medicine Units (NEPMU) having area responsibility.
Types of Water Production Plants
-Distillation Plants
-Reverse Osmosis (RO)
Distillation Plants - three general types
-Steam Distilling Plants - uses steam supplied by power plant or auxiliary boiler
-Waste Heat Distilling Plant - uses heat derived from Diesel Engine jacket water
-Vapor Compression Type - uses Electrical Energy
What is the Reverse Osmosis (RO) Plant?
-Removes suspended particles as small as 1 micron in some cases.
-Through a high-pressure pump, the filtered water is boosted up in pressure to as much as 1000 psi where it is introduced into the RO membranes. A portion
of the filtered water, typically 20-25 percent, permeates through the membrane to become fresh water.
-Single or triple pass
What type of RO plant
-Additional disinfection such as chlorination or bromination is required
Single Pass
What type of RO plant
Additional disinfection is not required. The water quality in often better than distilled water.
r triple pass RO plant
Potable Water tank coating should follow what standard?
NSF/ANSI
Potable water tanks should never be filled with ballast water unless…
necessary for survival of ship
Unauthorized termination points for vents and overflow lines
1) Food Service Spaces
2) Medical Spaces
3) Toilets
4) Electrical or electronic rooms
5) Exterior of the ship