Advantages Of UV Lights

Advantages of UV lights include:

• Environmentally friendly, no dangerous chemicals to handle or store, no problems of overdosing
• Low initial capital cost as well as reduced operating expenses when compared with similar technologies such as ozone, chlorine, etc.
• Immediate treatment process, no need for holding tanks, long retention times, etc.
• Extremely economical, thousand of litters may be treated for each penny of operating cost.
• No chemicals added to the water supply - no by products (i.e. chlorine + organics = trihalomethanes)
• No change in taste, odor, pH or conductivity nor the general chemistry of the water.
• Automatic operation without special attention or measurement, operator friendly.

• Simplicity and ease of maintenance, periodic cleaning (if applicable) and annual lamp replacement, no moving parts to wear out.

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Microorganism Destruction Levels
(Ultraviolet energy at 253.7 nm wavelength required for 99.9% destruction
of various microorganisms - in - µwsec/cm²)

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