ERDC’s Deployable Resilient Installation water Purification and treatment System (DRIPS) was successfully deployed in Greenland to supply potable water at Pituffik Space Base, the U.S. Department of War’s northernmost installation.
To learn more about this successful deployment listen to Episode 59 (www.PowerofERDCPodcast.org/59-Expedition-ARCHIE) for an interview with Dr. Clint Smith. You can also watch the video of that interview (www.PowerofERDCPodcast.org/59-Expedition-ARCHIE_video).
More Information:
- DRIPS-Fact_Sheet -2025
- US Army ERDC GRL Next Gen DRIPS Demonstration SITREP QLLEX25
- EXPEDITION ARCHIE ERDC SITREP_09SEP25
- International Workshop on Cold Regions Defense Infrastructure
- Deployable Resilient Installation Water Purification and Treatment System (DRIPS)
- The Arctic Deployable Resilient Installation Water Purification and Treatment System (DRIPS)
- Deployable Resilient Installation Water Purification and Treatment System (DRIPS)
- Transforming and Converging Sustainment Warfighting Systems in the Arctic
- WaterStep – Together We Are
Photos from the DRIPS team at Expedition ARCHIE:
Shortly before Expedition ARCHIE, DRIPS was deployed at QLLEX25, an event sponsored by the 354th Quartermaster Group. The DRIPS and next generation DRIPS emerging technology were evaluated alongside Army Programs of Record such as the Tactical Water Purification System TWPS and the ROWPU system to identify how they would work together for early entry support. Photos below.
