BrightWater is pleased to announce the the arrival of the new Titanium AOP Brochure

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Society of Public Health Engineers Newsletter – please see below the newsletter from SoPHE featuring an in-depth article on the use of Titanium AOP for controlling bacteria in water services systems.

Cooling Towers reduce bacterial counts 99% using Titanium AOP – A recent long term study has been conducted on 3 cooling towers located at a large European hospital. The hospital had struggled to keep Legionella count levels down to satisfactory levels. Despite dosing with various chemical biocides to address the problem – all attempts failed. A Titanium AOP system was then installed and in 2 weeks a reduction in aerobic count of 99% was seen; with chemical biocides no longer then being required!

AOP Case study Cooling Tower Valencia Hospital PDF File

BrightWater Advanced Oxidation technology for water disinfection.

The technology is based on the combination of well-proven ultraviolet light radiation and a photo-catalytic effect in the water, i.e a combination of UV light and the semiconductor titanium dioxide. This process is called AOP (Advanced Oxidation Process).
Due to this enhanced oxidation process, viruses, bacteria and other pathogens found in the water are destroyed faster and more effectively than by other systems currently in use. Moreover, a new patented system runs the UV lamp – ECG (Electronic Control Gear), this reduces power consumption, prolongs the lamp’s lifetime, reduces the polarization effect as well as enabling the advanced control of the UV flence. As a result we have a system that is much more technological advanced and economical than conventional UV systems.

How the disinfection works

Bacteria, viruses, and other micro organisms are sensitive to UV light at a particular wavelength at 253.7 nanometers. Their reproductive capability is destroyed by cross linking and splitting their DNA, which means that they are inactivated and no longer constitute a threat to human health.
In ultraviolet disinfection water is passing in submerged UV lamps emitting doses of energy disabling pathogens. Its strength depends on the UV light intensity and the time of exposure.

In the titanium system this process is enhanced by using a reactor chamber made of titanium and containing titanium dioxide. The UV radiation and the titanium dioxide cause the rise of a photo catalytic process. This process creates OH radicals with the highest oxygenation potential. This is more effective than ozone or chlorine. Such a solution makes the process of disinfection much more effective than traditional UV systems. Additionally the AOP process does not leave any permanent changes to the physical and chemical parameters of taste for the cleaned water.

Why choose AOP for your own use?

The system uses no chemicals and in the case of fitting to an existing installation they can considerably diminish the chemical quantities previously required. This means our products are socially and environmentally friendly.
This method of disinfecting and purifying does not change the odour and taste of water. Due to the microprocessor inspection parameters, this system works unfailingly, constantly informing about its own status. It assures lower power consumption, long service and low operating costs.

Disinfection with the use of AOP can be used everywhere, where bacteriological protection is required including:
• Drinking water.
• Waste Water.
• Water treatment in cooling tower.
• Water in bubble pools and swimming pools.
• Water for fish breading.
• Water in agriculture (pig and chicken farms).
• Water for horticulture and green houses.

Amongst the newest design principles being employed in Dublin’s new Aviva 50,000 seater stadium, is a plumbing innovation that might prove to become the most influential. Brightwater Environmental brought stainless washroom manufacturers Franke Sissons into the contract, in order to deliver waterless urinals.

“Waterless urinals offer benefits on every level, said BrightWater Environmental director Alan Flight, “ since the primary one of less smell and simple operation is obviously preferred, it is then environmentally starred because of the removal both of substantial water pipework and a header tank for every urinal. In a project the size of Lansdown Road, this is a saving of water and materials on a colossal scale.”

A total of 165 stainless steel waterless urinal troughs have been bespoke manufactured for the contract, with each adopting the new waterless technology. Key differences between this and a conventional urinal are the increased slope of the base channel in order to eradicate all liquid, and a patented sleeve below the drain – in an easily replaceable form – that fully seals the outlet to anything but liquid.

“Stainless steel in stadia washrooms has been the preferred material in recent years, because it is both safe and secure. Now employing the waterless technology so effectively and with such an impact environmentally, we believe it is only a matter of time before this specification becomes preferred policy.” said Paul Markwell, commercial director, Franke Sissons.

All the stainless products supplied were manufactured at the company’s engineering centre in Chesterfield.

The news is spreading! See below what the guys over at greengear think of one of our latest brightwater showerheads!

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For those interested in the water savings that can be achieved using waterless urinals may we suggest attending a morning seminar at a central London Hotel in July. The morning is sponsored by BrightWater Environmental Ltd and will be informal with the opportunity of asking questions.

The opportunity of giving this presentation was too good to miss. We are lucky to have an industry leading expert, the Vice President of the ZeroFlush Corporation from America visiting the UK. It is a rare opportunity to help people really understand the merits and issues that this technology brings from a leading authority on the subject.

Vice President of the ZeroFlush Corporation Joe Romero has worked with many of the leading manufacturers of waterless urinals around the globe. He has seen the benefits that systems bring but also more significantly the disappointment that many customers have experienced over the years. Having seen and worked with different designs Joe set about designing a system to overcome the few key issues that had always limited waterless urinal performance. Joe has seen in just a few years ZeroFlush grow to be the market leader in all the key areas of the world where water saving is now taken seriously.

The Seminar takes place in a central London Hotel on Friday 25th at 9.30am. There will also be the opportunity before the seminar starts to view the BrightWater low flow Oxygenics showerheads in action. These have been fitted throughout the hotel and enabled the hotel to half the showering water usage.

For further details on attending the seminar please contact us on 01795 890590 or e-mail sales@bwater.eu