Ultraviolet (UV) light has a wide variety of uses, and how can it help give your home cleaner water?
You’ve likely heard of UV rays from the sun. Those rays can be beneficial, helping your body create vitamin D, or they can be harmful, causing skin damage like sunburn.
Ultraviolet light is also present in lamps used in tanning beds, to sterilize medical equipment, and it’s inside black lights at nightclubs, roller rinks, and cosmic bowling.
However, one of the most beneficial uses of UV light is water purification.
- How a UV Systems Disinfect Water?
A UV water treatment system includes four main parts: the ultraviolet lamp, a high-quality quartz sleeve surrounding the lamp, a stainless steel chamber, and a system controller.
There’s a lot of complex science behind the process of UV water purification, but the idea is quite simple.
Water runs through the steel chamber where it is exposed to UV light, which deactivates bacteria and waterborne pathogens. Then the water is safe to consume.
UV light disables bacteria and viruses by attacking and disrupting their DNA.
Once a microorganism’s DNA is damaged, it can no longer function or reproduce, which means it can no longer cause an infection or harm.
Pathogens in water require different intensities of UV light in order to inactivate the DNA. Plus, the flow rate of water also has an effect as it determines the length of time microorganisms are exposed to the light.
There is an accepted standard for UV light application, and most manufacturers have various systems providing different doses depending on what is required.
- The Benefits of a UV System for Water Purification
UV light treatment offers some impressive advantages for homeowners who choose to invest in this type of water treatment.
For one thing, UV purification is a physical process, not chemical, which means it doesn’t involve the use of chemical disinfectants such as chlorine. There are also some microorganisms that are chlorine-resistant, yet UV treatment is able to take them out. Because these systems are chemical-free, they’re better for the environment.
Maintenance of your UV system is fairly easy, but some homeowners choose to have a water treatment professional help them out when it’s time to replace the lamp or clean the quartz sleeve.
To ensure you’ll always have microbe-free water, UV system control units will alert you when the lamp needs to be changed.
Specializing in UV water purification and disinfection solutions, PolexTech designs, and engineers all product solutions for the whole home, commercial, industrial, and municipal, We provide a “one-stop” solution for all your water purification and disinfection needs.
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