Acuva Technologies Explains Point-of-Use Water Disinfection Methods Including UV Radiation

Babak Adeli, PhD, Senior R&D Engineer at Acuva Technologies Inc., writes a white paper stating our natural environment contains numerous microorganisms. Even in North America, where the water supply is among the safest in the world, the drinking water can become contaminated at the source, along the pipeline, or inside the drinking container, causing sickness and disease from waterborne germs, such as Cryptosporidium, E. coli, Hepatitis A, Giardia, and other pathogens. Point-of-use disinfection is an important step to ensure that water is safe to drink. The white paper describes various point-of-use disinfection methods and the advantages and disadvantages associated…