Ultraviolet (UV) light is a water treatment method that can remove most types of microbiological contamination from water.
UV light has many benefits, including:
Environmentally friendly – UV disinfection is environmentally friendly.
Effective against pathogens – UV light is effective against bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and some harmful pathogens that chlorine doesn’t eliminate.
Physical process – UV disinfection is a physical process, not a chemical disinfectant, so there’s no need to handle, store, or transport toxic chemicals.
User-friendly – UV disinfection is user-friendly and requires less space than other methods.
UV systems are often used in combination with Reverse Osmosis Systems to provide a complete purification process.
UV destroys 99.99% of viruses and 99.9999% of bacteria in water, making it more effective than chlorine and chloramine for killing many harmful waterborne microbes. The UV process takes up very little space. No holding tank is needed and essentially no water pressure is lost.