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Chapter 3 ⎯ Affected EnvironmentInfrastructure and UtilitiesThis section describes the infrastructure and utilities serving PCMS. Infrastructure and utilities atPCMS are currently sufficient to meet the needs of the Army, including potable water, wastewaterand stormwater, communications, and solid waste. The PCMS is a training installation with an austerecantonment area and minimal utility services.Potable water for the PCMS and the surrounding area is supplied by the City of Trinidad. Existingwells are present on previously occupied ranches at the PCMS, but the ranch buildings are no longerused (except for training), and the water is not used for potable purposes (DECAM 2002d). Potablewater for consumption in the training areas is trucked from the cantonment. Water from the wells isused for emergency fire suppression and made available to wildlife (DECAM 2002d).For treatment of sanitary wastewater and stormwater, the cantonment primarily uses evaporative,nondischarging treatment/oxidation ponds, which were constructed in 1985 (DECAM 2005d). Thetreatment/oxidation ponds are currently operating at levels below their capacity (Fort Carson 2005).In addition, some of the facilities at FTC have septic tanks (Fort Carson 2005). Portable toilets areused in the training areas when septic tanks are not available (such as during training activities in thetraining areas).The existing communication infrastructure at the PCMS cantonment consists of telephone lines thatenter from U.S. 350. There is no communication infrastructure within the training areas at the PCMS(Fort Carson 2005).Solid waste pickup at the PCMS is managed via contracts with local waste haulers, and wastes aretransported to appropriately permitted disposal facilities. Solid waste generated in the training areas iscollected and returned to the cantonment for disposal. From the cantonment, solid wastes are transportedto appropriately permitted facilities.February 2008 3–183 2/25th SBCT Final EIS