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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.
How the Water Treatment
Systems Work
How the water filters and ultraviolet light water disinfecting systems work together to form the water treatment systems that make the Aqua Sun International water purification systems the most respected in the world.
About the Filtration Process
For drinking water to become Crystal Clear, a water cleaning, Polishing Filter is strongly recommended before the water is channeled past the Ultraviolet Light Disinfecting Process. Aqua Sun uses a 0.5-micron, Carbon Block Filtration Process as its Polishing Filter on all of its water purification systems. This filter has the capabilities of removing Giardia and Cryptosporidium Cysts, Herbicides, Pesticides, Trihalomethanes (THMs), certain Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs), Chlorine and Chlorine By-Products, Sediment, Bad Taste, Odors, Color, Smell, and many other Harmful Chemicals and Contaminants down to a 0.5 micron.
About the Ultraviolet Light Disinfecting Process
Aqua Sun's Ultraviolet Light Disinfecting Process requires Crystal Clear Water to be channeled around the UV Light Rays. The Ultraviolet light rays pass through clear water much easier then through cloudy, sediment laden, dirty water which not only blocks the UV rays from penetrating into the water, but the sediment also provides an excellent shield for microbes to hide behind, therefore making it much more difficult for the UV light rays to destroy the microorganism. When these microbes are exposed to the UV rays, their nucleic acid absorbs the light rays, which then scrambles the DNA structure and prohibits reproduction of the cell therefore rendering the cell sterile which can no longer reproduce. The cell is now consider dead and is no longer a threat to water consumption. The polished filtered water is then channeled past an ultraviolet light disinfecting process that has the ability to kill the Bacteria, Viruses, Typhoid Fever, Coliform, Dysentery, Cholera, Infectious Jaundice, Hepatitis and Influenza Virus, E-coli, Enteric Fever and many other unwanted microorganisms to a 99.999% purity.
Why Pre-Water Filtration is Recommended in Front of All Aqua Sun's Water Purification Systems.
Aqua Sun manufactures water purification systems for remote areas of the World. Our systems are asked to purify drinking water from existing water supplies whether it is from most any creek, stream, pond, well or lakes. The Polishing Filters can become prematurely clogged by heavy sediment laden; dirty water sources and in turn Reducing the Polishing Filter Life Expediency. Having this happen in Remote Areas of the World where Filter Replacement is a Concern, Aqua Sun strongly suggests a sediment pre-water-filtration system and / or a washable, reusable water filter in front of all Polishing Carbon Block Filters and Ultraviolet Light Water Disinfecting Systems.
In smaller systems, a carbon filter and the UV lamp are combined into one unit.
In the larger systems, the carbon filter and UV system are in separate housings.
Carbon Block Filtration Removal Chart: Click here
Ultraviolet Light Disinfecting Chart: Click here
These Pre-Filters PROLONG and PROTECT the filter life expediency of the Polishing Carbon Block Filters and should always be used in RAW WATER SYSTEMS.
Time of day and location of Aqua Sun International
Ultraviolet (UV) Disinfection
Ultraviolet (UV) disinfection uses a UV light source, which is enclosed in a transparent protective 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 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.
Ultraviolet dosage required to destroy greater than 99.9% of micro-organisms. Measured in microwatt seconds per centimeter squared. Read more about Ultraviolet Light here...