About the Filtration Process
For drinking water to become crystal clear, a polishing filter is used
prior to an Ultraviolet Light Disinfecting Process. First Water uses a 0.5-micron, Carbon Block Filtration Process as its polishing filter on all of its water purification systems. Because chemicals are adsorbed by the carbon, the filter needs to be changed every 6 months. This filter has the capabilities of reducing Giardia and Cryptosporidium Cysts, Herbicides, Pesticides, Trihalomethanes (THMs), certain Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs), Chlorine and Chlorine By-Products, Sediment, Bad Taste, Odors, Color, Smell, and many other Harmful Chemicals and Contaminants down to 0.5 micron.
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About the Ultraviolet Light Disinfecting Process
First Water's Ultraviolet Light disinfecting process makes the crystal clear water to be channeled around the UV light rays in a unique double-pass method. The Ultraviolet light rays pass through clear water much easier then through cloudy, sediment laden, dirty (turbid) water. When harmful microbes are exposed to the UV rays, their nucleic acid absorbs the light rays, which then scrambles the DNA structure and prohibits reproduction of the cell therefore rendering the cell sterile and no longer able to reproduce. The cell is now consider dead and is no longer a threat to water consumption. The UV bulb in all systems needs to be replaced every 12 months with normal usage. The UV process the ability to kill the Bacteria, Viruses, Typhoid Fever, Coliform, Dysentery, Cholera, Infectious Jaundice, Hepatitis and Influenza Virus, E-coli, Enteric Fever and many other unwanted microorganisms to a 99.999% purity.
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The Villager™ |
The Villager™
is a permanent water purification system
designed to be mounted on a wall or
supporting system. It features an
integrated solar system that has been sized
to collect and store enough energy to
efficiently run the unit. The system
has its own pump to pull water from an
available source of non-salinated water such
as contaminated municipal sources, storage
tanks and cisterns, wells, lakes, rivers,
etc. The Villager™ comes in
two models, producing either up to 3 or 12
gallons per minute of cleaner, safer water.
When AC power is available, the units will
run as long as needed on the AC. When
the power grid is down or power is
unavailable, the unit will automatically
switch over to solar power, which will last
approximately 30 hours before requiring a
recharge.
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EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMON USES
Because it is permanently
mounted and has solar backup, the Villager is not recommended for emergency
management applications.
DEVELOPING AREA COMMON USES
- enough volume of water treatment for a village of several hundred people
- ideal for remote villages with access to sustainable wells
- permanent mounting designed to not be moved
SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS
- completely solar powered with battery backup
- permanently fixed in place with no mobility
- 3 or 12 gallon per minute flow
- 10’ long inlet and outlet hose
- 25’ long power cord with alligator clips and cigarette lighter adaptor
- easy set up with instant water production
- easy one minute setup and instant production
- water flow through system from water tank or water pump
- designed to operate with The LiftMaster line of solar well pump
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