Planning Military Drinking Water Needs: Development of a User-Friendly Smart Device Application

• Published in: Military medicine Vol. 181; no. 9; pp. 1142 - 1150
• Main Authors: Charkoudian, Nisha, Kenefick, Robert W, Lapadula, Anthony J, Swiston, Albert J, Patel, Tajesh, Blanchard, Laurie A, Caruso, Elizabeth M, Luippold, Anthony J, Cheuvront, Samuel N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.09.2016
• Subjects: Drinking Water - administration & dosage; Humans; Military Personnel - statistics & numerical data; Mobile Applications - trends; Needs Assessment; Planning Techniques; Reproducibility of Results; Software Design; Sweating; Temperature; User-Computer Interface

Potable water is essential to maintain health and sustain military operations, but carrying and transporting water is a major logistical burden. Planning for group drinking water needs is complex, requiring understanding of sweat losses on the basis of intensity of activity, clothing biophysical par...