Sec. 226. Research, development, and deployment of technologies to support water sustainment
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The Secretary of Defense shall research, develop, and deploy advanced water harvesting technologies to support and improve water sustainment within the Department of Defense and in geographic regions where the Department operates. In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall— develop advanced water harvesting systems that reduce weight and logistics support needs compared to conventional water supply systems, including— modular water harvesting systems that are easily transportable; and trailer mounted water harvesting systems that reduce resupply needs; develop and implement storage requirements for water harvesting systems at forward operating bases; and establish cross functional teams to identify geographic regions where the deployment of water harvesting systems could reduce conflict and potentially eliminate the need for the presence of the Armed Forces.
In addition to the activities required under subsection (b), the Secretary shall— seek to leverage existing water harvesting techniques and technologies and apply such techniques and technologies to military operations carried out by the United States; consider using commercially available off-the-shelf items (as defined in section 104 of title 41, United States Code) and near-ready deployment technologies to achieve cost savings and improve the self sufficiency of warfighters; and seek to enter into information sharing arrangements with foreign militaries and other organizations that have the proven ability to operate in water constrained areas for the purpose of sharing lessons learned and best practices relating to water harvesting.
The Secretary shall deploy technologies developed under subsection (b)(1) for use by expeditionary forces not later than January 1, 2025. In this section, the term water harvesting , when used with respect to a system or technology, means a system or technology that is capable of creating useable water by— harvesting water from underutilized environmental sources, such as by capturing water from ambient humidity; or recycling or otherwise reclaiming water that has previously been used.