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== SODIS - solar water disinfecting with soda bottles and sunlight ==
== SODIS - solar water disinfecting with soda bottles and sunlight ==


<b>Problem</b>
Solar Water Disinfection, or {{WP|SODIS}}, is a method to disinfect water using sunlight and PET bottles.
"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)
 
<b>Summary</b>
"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)
 
<b>Developers</b>
[http://www.eawag.ch/e_welcome.html Swiss Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG] [http://www.sandec.ch/ Department of Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries (SANDAC]
<b>Website</b>
http://www.sodis.ch/
 
'''Interwiki Link'''
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SODIS SODIS on Wikipedia]
 
<b>References</b>
Walker DC, Len SV, Sheehan B. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15066858 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. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15059213 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. <br><br>
 
Oates PM, Shanahan P, Polz MF. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12465787 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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Revision as of 05:14, 14 June 2007

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SODIS - solar water disinfecting with soda bottles and sunlight

Solar Water Disinfection, or W, is a method to disinfect water using sunlight and PET bottles.

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