UV Info / Water Treatment Systems for Safe Drinking Water, Carbon + UV Systems

Ultraviolet Light Information

Ultraviolet Disinfection Process

Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection uses an UV light source, which is enclosed in a transparent protective quartz sleeve. It is mounted so that water can pass through a flow chamber, and UV rays are admitted and absorbed into the stream. These rays destroy bacteria, coliform and inactivate many viruses.

UV, like distillation, disinfects water without adding chemicals, and therefore possesses some of the same benefits as distillation. It does not create new chemical complexes, nor does it change the taste or odor of the water, and does not remove any beneficial minerals in the water.

Ultraviolet devices are most effective when the water has already been partially treated, and only the cleanest water passes through the UV flow chamber. Aqua Sun products use both a sediment and a carbon filter to clean the water prior to passing it through the UV light, to provide complete water quality solutions.

UV Energy Levels for Destruction

Ultraviolet dosage required to destroy greater than 99.999% of microorganisms. Measured in microwatt seconds per centimeter squared. Aqua Sun International uses Ultraviolet Lamps with an Intensity of 16,000 Microwatts per Centimeter Squared or Greater.

BACTERIA

.99.999 % kill rate below 16,000

Agrobacterium tumefaciens	8500
Bacillus anthracis	8700
Bacillus megaterium (vegetative)	2500
Bacillus subtills (vegetative)	11000
Clostridium Tetani	22000
Corynebacterium diphtheria's ( Diphtheria's )	6500
Escherichia coil	7000
Legionella bozemanii	3500
Legionella dumoffil	5500
Legionella micdadel	3100
Legionella longbeachae	2900
Legionella pneumophilla ( Legionnaires Disease )	3800
Leptospira intrrogans ( Infectious Jaundice )	6000
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis ( Tuberculosis )	10000
Neisseria catarrhalls	8500
Proteus vulgaris	6600
Pseudomonas seruginosa (laboratory strain)	3900
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (environmental strain)	10500
Rhodospirllum rubrum	6200
Salmonella enteritidis	7800
Salmonella paratyphoid ( Enteric Fever )	6100
Salmonella typhimunum	15200
Salmonella typhus ( Typhoid Fever )	6000
Sarcina Lutea	26400
Seratia marcescens	6200
Shigella dysenterai ( Dysentery )	4200
Shigella Flexneri ( Dysentery )	3400
Shigella sonnell	7000
Staphylococcus epidermidis	5800
Staphylococcus aureus	7000
Streptococcus faecalls	10000
Streptococcus hemolyicus	5500
Streptococcus lactis	8800
Viridans streptococci	3800
Vibrio Cholera ( Cholera )	6500

YEAST

Bakers yeast	8800
Brewers yeast	6600
Common yeast cake	13200

MOLD SPORES

Penicillum digitatum (olive)	8800
Penicillum expensum (olive)	22000
PeniciHum roqueforti (green)	26400

ALGAE

Chlorella vulgaris (algae)

22000

VIRUSES

Bacteriophage ( E. coli )	6600
( Hepatitis virus )	8000
( Influenza virus )	6600
Poliovirus (poliomyelitis)	2100
Rotavirus	2400