UV waterworks outreach support. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/319882· OSTI ID:319882

Miller, P

A recently invented device uses UV light (254 nm) to inexpensively disinfect community drinking water supplies. Its novel features are: low cost (about US $600), robust design, rapid disinfection (12 seconds), low electricity use (40W), low maintenance (every 6 months), high flow rate (15 l/min) and ability to work with unpressurized water sources. The device could service a community of 1,000 persons, at an annual total cost of 14 cents US per person. This device has been tested in a number of independent laboratories worldwide. The laboratory tests have confirmed that the unit is capable of disinfecting waters to drinking water standards for bacteria and viruses. An extended field trial of the device began in South Africa in February 1997, with lab testing at the municipal water utility. A unit installed at the first field site, an AIDS hospice near Durban, has been in continuous operation since August, 1997. Additional test sites are being identified. The author describes the results of the initial lab tests, reports the most recent findings from the ongoing field test-monitoring program, and discusses plans for future tests.

• Research Organization: Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG36-97GO10270
• OSTI ID: 319882
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO/10270--T1; CONF-9805153--; ON: DE99001853
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISINFESTATION
DRINKING WATER
EQUIPMENT
FIELD TESTS
PROGRESS REPORT
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
WATER TREATMENT
WATER UTILITIES