Pristine Water applications

As access to clean drinking water continues to be a challenge in many developing countries, Pristine Water has partnered with many Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) in the development sector all over the world to provide clean safe drinking water to the Rural and Urban poor. Electro chlorinator, which is the flagship product of Pristine Water, is a system that can produce a strong disinfectant from common salt, water and electricity. In areas where electricity is unavailable, solar power is used. Pristine Water has participated in many projects through NGOs by not only providing elctrochlorination systems for purifying water but also educating, training and guiding them to conduct the Safe Water System program in these rural areas.

Drinking water sources such as groundwater, reservoir water, late or pond water are open to contamination and hence require appropriate treatment to remove disease-causing agents. Public or Municipal drinking water systems use various methods of water treatment to provide safe drinking water for their communities. The typical steps involved are Coagulation and Flocculation, Sedimentation, Filtration and Disinfection.

The amount of wastewater and effluent getting generated is steadily increasing with increased urbanization, economic growth and many other socio-economic factors. Today, nearly half of all the water that gets treated is wastewater. The primary concern of wastewater disinfection is the removal of pathogenic microorganisms. Secondarily, wastewater discharge should not contain compounds with environmental health impacts. While a chlorine residual is desirable in drinking water treatment, it is not desirable in wastewater treatment where chlorine discharged to the natural environment may adversely impact wildlife-Chlorine is able to achieve disinfection goals through bacteria and virus inactivation. Chlorine can also oxidize and degrade soluble contaminants, such as agricultural or pharmaceutical compounds.

Cleanliness and Disinfection in The food industry are very critical requirements. Disinfection is the process by which microorganisms are killed so that their numbers are reduced to a level which is neither harmful to health nor to the quality of perishable goods. Disinfection is required in food plant operations, where wet surfaces provide favorable conditions for the growth of microbes.

Recreational Water lllnesses (RWI), originate from swimming pools, hot tubs, water parks and other man-made water features. They are also spread through freshwater ponds and lakes, and even in some saltwater environments. Bacteria that cause an RWI include Cryptosporidium, giardia, shigella, E. coli and norovirus. All these organisms thrive in non-chlorinated water. Exposure to an RWI can cause mild to severe diarrhoea, gastrointestinal distress and eye, ear and skin infections. Chlorine is added to water in swimming pools and other water bodies to control algae growth, get rid of insect larvae and kill harmful bacteria, viruses and pathogens. Chlorination keeps swimming pools, water parks, fountains and other water recreational areas clean by disinfection. It also helps prevent the occurrence and spread of RWIs.

A huge percentage of populations worldwide are affected by infections acquired from hospitals. Infections generated from hospitals are a major challenge to public healthcare systems. In order to avoid the risk of infections it is necessary to ensure the hospitals are properly disinfected and sanitized. The most common methods of sanitizing is with the use of disinfectant solutions. Contaminated surfaces are sources of infections and require care of high level of compliance with recommended hand hygiene policies and appropriate cleaning and disinfection of medical equipment and environmental surfaces. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that at any time, more than 1.4million people worldwide are affected by infections acquired in hospitals. Cleaning, disinfection and sanitization saves lives and improves patient outcomes. Between 5% and 10% of patients admitted to hospitals acquire one or more healthcare-associated infections.

All Hotels and resorts use water everywhere like bathing, laundry, cooking, drinking, cooling, swimming pools, fire water etc. Main concern of providing and storing water is to keep them pure free from contamination and prevent the growth of algae and micro-organisms.

Most power plants, be in Nuclear or Gas or Coal based, come up close to rivers, canals and the sea as they need large amounts of cooling-water. All water, especially sea water, contains fish, sea organisms, pathogens and algae. This leading to micro and macro fouling which adversely affects the efficiency of the power plant.

Ballast water tanks on board ships are filled with water from one sea and discharged in another sea can cause marine ecological imbalance by introducing foreign species of aquatic life. The discharge of water from ballast tanks has been responsible for the introduction of species that cause environmental and economic damage.

Offshore and on shore facilities using seawater in their Firewater System face the problem of marine growth like algae, mussels etc. This growth if unchecked will lead to chocking of the pipeline and starve the jockey pumps.