Template:Stub Sterilize drinking water using the heat of the sun.

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SODIS - solar water disinfecting with soda bottles and sunlight

Problem "More than one billion people drink unsafe water, WHO said in a report on water and sanitation released to mark World Water Day. Some 3.4 billion people, mostly children, die every year from water-related diseases, which include malaria, diarrhea and guinea worm." (1)

Summary "when transparent bottles are filled with water and placed horizontally on a flat surface for about five hours, the heat and ultraviolet rays of the sun kill illness-causing microorganisms in polluted water" (2)

Developers Swiss Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDAC

Website http://www.sodis.ch/

Interwiki Link SODIS on Wikipedia

References Walker DC, Len SV, Sheehan B. Development and evaluation of a reflective solar disinfection pouch for treatment of drinking water. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Apr;70(4):2545-50.

Kehoe SC, Barer MR, Devlin LO, McGuigan KG. Batch process solar disinfection is an efficient means of disinfecting drinking water contaminated with Shigella dysenteriae type I. Lett Appl Microbiol. 2004;38(5):410-4.

Oates PM, Shanahan P, Polz MF. Solar disinfection (SODIS): simulation of solar radiation for global assessment and application for point-of-use water treatment in Haiti. Water Res. 2003 Jan;37(1):47-54.

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