Turning on the Zap: New York City Readies World's Largest UV Drinking-Water Disinfection Plant
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 06:30
in Earth & Climate
As World Water Week celebrates its 21st anniversary in Stockholm this week, New York City is two months away from opening the world's largest ultraviolet (UV) drinking-water disinfection plant . When the lights go on, the facility's 56 massive UV units will neutralize waterborne pathogens in all the drinking water coming from the city's major sources--the Delaware County and Catskill watersheds. The facility will process up to nine billion liters daily, adding a second layer of sanitation to the chlorine treatment that has been applied for years. [More]