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All water treatment plants do not use UV. It is actually fairly expensive. Some municipalities only use chlorine. My municipality only has a 40 day supply of
by dillonmckay 7y ago
All water treatment plants do not use UV.
It is actually fairly expensive.
Some municipalities only use chlorine. My municipality only has a 40 day supply of chlorine to treat the water.
For such reasons, I purchased a whole-home UV-C water unit.
Now, the wastewater plant uses UV-C, but its output is cleaner than the drinking water input (river).
- Scoundreller 7y agoCan also use ozone. One of Toronto's plants uses it and treats about 20% of the city's water. Nice thing is that you don't need railcars to arrive with it. https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/tap-water-in-toronto/fast-facts-about-the-citys-water-treatment-plants/ https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/water-environment/t...
- m-p-3 7y agoAnd I believe a byproduct of UV irradiation is the generation of ozone.
- dillonmckay 7y agoAny idea on cost? I just looked for a whole home system and it is several thousand dollars.
- taborj 7y ago> I purchased a whole-home UV-C water unit. Got a link for the system you use?
- dillonmckay 7y agoI just searched Amazon, ‘whole home uv water’, and it was around $200 and does 12gpm.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoIn your experience, what is the service life of the UV light source for your system?
- dillonmckay 7y agoThe manual said 1 year, and the ac adaptor/ballast has an LED status light to indicate power and bulb failure.
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