Water
Water Resource Management and Resilience
Authorities
Several policies and directives require water resource management at military installations: National Defense Authorization Act of 2021, calls for DOD components “to support and improve water sustainment within the Department of Defense and in geographic regions where the Department operates” (NDAA 2021); Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 4170.11, which calls for “the Department of Defense to maximize energy and water conservation efforts”; Army Directive 2020-03 requirement that “the Army will prioritize providing resilient energy and water supplies, facilities, and infrastructure that support critical missions”; and Army Directive 2014-08, which states that the Army will acquire and maintain water rights for both ground and surface water consistent with mission requirements, as well as identify, assert, defend and preserve its water rights to the maximum extent possible under State and Federal law to sustain mission capability.
Section 432 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) amends section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, by adding a new subsection (f) Use of Energy and Water Efficiency Measures in Federal Buildings (42 U.S.C. 8253(f); referred to as "the statute" in this guidance). The new subsection prescribes a framework for facility energy project management and benchmarking, including the following elements:
- Designated "facility energy managers" for ensuring compliance of "covered facilities" subject to the requirements.
- Comprehensive energy and water evaluations.
- Implementation of identified efficiency measures.
- Follow-up on implemented efficiency measures.
- Web-based tracking system of covered facilities' energy use, evaluations, projects, and follow-up
- Benchmarking
- Summaries of agency implementation status in Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Scorecards.