SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- The 52nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron's Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight is pleased to present Spangdahlem Air Base's Annual Drinking Water Quality Report for 2016. The report informs consumers annually about the quality of their drinking water from the previous year.
Spangdahlem Air Base has five groundwater wells, two water treatment plants, and four storage reservoirs which supply our potable water system. All five wells extract water from the same partially confined aquifer which meets the demand requirements for the entire installation.
The water treatment plants use a filtration system followed by chlorination for disinfection. Fluoride is also added to the water during this process to help maintain healthy teeth.
The water treatment plant personnel, along with the Bioenvironmental Engineering Flight, ensure compliance with Final Governing Standards for Germany. The FGS-G standards are a compilation of the most stringent standards published within the European Union, United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Safe Drinking Water Act.