H2O GLOBAL NEWS M A G A Z I N E
Oliver Lawal President/CEO AquiSense Technologies What are your hopes for the future of our water sources? We hope our water sources will be protected for their communities, and that the communities have the power to control and manage the water and wastewater treatment in more sustainable ways. We also hope that decentralised treatment options will be more utilised in infrastructure plans.
Why is water quality still a topic of concern globally? Water quality is a growing concern for all regions of the world. From reducing the production of single-use plastic bottles in developed economies, to providing access to basic pathogenfree drinking water to billions of people in developing countries. In addition, the broader water quality issues across agriculture and industries - for both consumption and discharge - are immense.
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We hope that communities have the power to control and manage water and wastewater treatment in more sustainable ways
What steps are you taking to help improve water quality? AquiSense Technologies is the global leader in UV-C LED disinfection systems. We pride ourselves on offering products
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that disinfect water without any use of harmful materials, such as chlorine or mercury. Our products use UV light to inactivate pathogens in water with no residual effects or possibility to contaminate the water. Our systems are revolutionary in much the same way as EV technology is to transportation. The level of integration, efficiency and reliability possible with LED technology is almost limitless.
If you could change one thing about the way water quality is managed currently, what would it be? Less reliance on chemicals for disinfection processes. There is no question that chemical treatments are a key tool in treatment and distribution, however, they all too often create unintended consequences such as by-products, taste issues that drive consumers to bottled water use and, in rarer cases, inadequate protection from chemical resistant pathogens. Ensuring higher quality distribution pipework and deployment of centralised and decentralised non-chemical disinfection products such as UV reap environmental and cost benefits well beyond the initial capital outlay. Deploying UV generated from solid-state UV-LEDs offers further enhancements of flexible installations and elimination of mercury UV lamp contamination.
What role do you think technology will play in securing water quality? We believe technology will have a lasting impact on how we treat water. With the growth of UV LEDs in the market, individuals can take control of their water treatment. We saw this same trend with the transition from “centralised TV screens” to personal devices, in large part enabled by visible LEDs. We feel strongly that this will be our future for water treatment as well. Website: aquisense.com
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