ARMY USES WORLD'S LARGEST WATER PURIFIER IN BILOXI, MS

Army engineers used new technology to generate more than 100,000 gallons of potable water per day for a hospital in Biloxi, MS, and for residents affected by Hurricane Katrina.

An advanced Expeditionary Unit Water Purifier (EUWP) was set up on the beach in Biloxi to provide water for the nearby

The Expeditionary Unit Water Purifier is the world's largest transportable desalination system, officials say. The relief mission in Mississippi is the second deployment of the EUWP in a real-world disaster relief scenario.

Previously, an EUWP unit was put in place at the Port Clarence, AK, Coast Guard station, where it produced approximately 250,000 gallons of purified water in three days after a storm surge flooded the area's freshwater ponds.

Engineers from the U.S. Army's Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center, known as TARDEC, used the new water purifier to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.