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Aqua Sun Water Purification Systems in the News
World Vision eNews:
A shoe-shiner brings hope for children and families through clean water
Journey to Bolivia:
MSNBC News : (Jan 09)
MSNBC News Video
Our Products in Action Around the World
Aqua Sun and Rotary International Team Up to Help Mayan Village
Haitian School Children Helped by Aqua Sun Water Purifier
Poland during the massive flooding supplied by Catholic Relief Services in 1997.
Hurricane Hugo in Central America where Missionaries and Relief Services took our systems to help the local population in 1998.
The 2005 Tsunami in Indonesia where the UN and UNICEF, the Red Cross, Missionaries and Relief Services used our many different systems in most locations damaged. After the Tsunami Rotary International rebuild 30 schools using our SWP-S3 System to supply drinking water to the kids as well as containers of water to take back home after each day at school.
Hurricane Katrina with more relief workers and church groups.
Flooding in Bolivia in the spring of 2007 with our systems going in with World Vision.
Cleaner, Safer Drinking Water for Backcountry Trips
No need to carry your own water.
Aqua Sun solar powered portable water purification systems allow you to get clean drinking water from most any creek, stream, pond, well, lake or other fresh water source.
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.
Read more about Ultraviolet Light here...
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 |