Source

Reduction

Low Impact

Development

Hazardous

Materials

Pharmacy

Green

Products

If you have any questions regarding this program contact

Fort Buchanan Directorate of Public Works Environmental

Division at (787) 707-2553Fort Buchanan

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Dechlorination Equipment to eliminate and reduce residual chlorine

discharges from potable water is a BMP implemented to avoid residual

chlorine releases into streams within Fort Buchanan. Acquisition and

regular use of dechlorination diffusers is an effective P2 initiative

currently being implemented to properly dispose of water flushes.

AVOID

REDUCE

REUSE

RECYCLE

RECOVER

TREAT

MOST PREFERABLE

LEAST PREFERABLE

DISPOSE

P2

Solid Waste Recycling maximizes the recovery and recycling of useful

materials and reduces the generation of solid waste and its disposal.

Located strategically throughout the installation, over 40 dumpsters

provide for waste stream deviation of Cardboard, Newspaper, Mixed

Paper, Plastics, and Aluminum

Grass Swales are one of many Best Management Practices (BMPs)

available and used at Fort Buchanan to promote fresh water

conservation and infiltration to the soil. It is an alternative approach

to concrete culverts as it slows down rapid discharge of storm water

into nearby streams. This photo shows a grass swale near Columbus

Street used as a buffer retention impound for an automobile parking lot

before it discharges to Fort Buchanan’s main stream, El Toro Creek.

Reduce or eliminate waste at the source by modifying production

processes, promote the use of non-toxic or less toxic substances

(green procurement), implement conservation techniques (energy,

water, land, air) and reuse materials rather than adding them into a

waste stream (recycling)

Low Impact Development is an integral part of storm water

management at Fort Buchanan and a requirement of new construction

design which takes into account the impacts of impervious surfaces

created by buildings and pavements on storm water runoff.

Vegetable Oil Recycling

Fort Buchanan collects used

vegetable oil at four (4) different

locations throughout the

installation in order to recycle it

and divert it from the waste

stream. Used vegetable oil can be

further processed to a biofuel to

reduce dependency for fossil fuels

while at the same time minimizing

the liquid waste stream.

EESOH-MIS constitutes the backbone of the Hazardous

Material Management Program by providing an

effective way to account for hazardous material and

hazardous waste usage and to effectively support

timely environmental reporting of hazardous material

and hazardous waste usage to state and federal

environmental regulatory agencies. Full

implementation is scheduled for Fall 2017.

Substitute for

480 lbs. of Active

Ingredient (AI) per

year

Partnership with University of PR for development of NPDES MS4-PRR04001F Outfall Map

Fort Buchanan submitted to US EPA a NOI (Notice of Intent) document to be covered under the National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for Storm Water Discharges from Small

Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems in urbanized areas in Puerto Rico (PRR040000). As part of this

effort an outfall inventory was performed by the University of Puerto Rico and the San Juan Bay Estuary

Program to identify sanitary sewer impacts to the San Juan Bay Estuary watershed. The Fort Buchanan

Small MS4 General Permit outlines important measurable goals, storm sewer system mapping, detection

and addressing non-storm water discharges, inspections and record keeping requirements.