Water Line Ultra Violet Sterilizer - UV water Filter

• 3/8 quick connect tubing compatible.
• Powerful UV Sterilization reduces viruses, coliform, E. Coli, bacteria, microorganisms, algae, and more
• High Standard Sterilization 
• Powerful UV-C Sterilization reduces living contaminants for the safest drinking water
• Universal Standard Size – 12 W Ultraviolet Lamp, 12” x 2” housing and 10” UV bulb fits all 12” UV housings
• Made to Last – High-intensity UV sterilization designed to last over half a year
• Install a 5 micron pre-filter to ensure large particles are removed prior to UV treatment
• Helps disinfect tank water that has been sitting

Ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) is a disinfection method that uses short-wavelength ultraviolet (ultraviolet C or UVC) light to kill or inactivate microorganisms by destroying nucleic acids and disrupting their DNA, leaving them unable to perform vital cellular functions.^[1] UVGI is used in a variety of applications, such as food, air, and water purification.

UVC light is weak at the Earth's surface since the ozone layer of the atmosphere blocks it.^[2] UVGI devices can produce strong enough UVC light in circulating air or water systems to make them inhospitable environments to microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, molds, and other pathogens. UVGI can be coupled with a filtration system to sanitize air and water.

The application of UVGI to disinfection has been an accepted practice since the mid-20th century. It has been used primarily in medical sanitation and sterile work facilities. Increasingly, it has been employed to sterilize drinking and wastewater since the holding facilities are enclosed and can be circulated to ensure a higher exposure to the UV. In recent years, UVGI has found renewed application in air purifiers.

Lamps

Mercury vapor lamps may be categorized as either low-pressure (including amalgam) or medium-pressure lamps. Low-pressure UV lamps offer high efficiencies (approx. 35% UVC) but lower power, typically 1 W/cm power density (power per unit of arc length). Amalgam UV lamps utilize an amalgam to control mercury pressure to allow operation at a somewhat higher temperature and power density. They operate at higher temperatures and have a lifetime of up to 16,000 hours. Their efficiency is slightly lower than that of traditional low-pressure lamps (approx. 33% UVC output), and power density is approximately 2–3 W/cm. Medium-pressure UV lamps operate at much higher temperatures, up to about 800 degrees Celsius, and have a polychromatic output spectrum and a high radiation output but lower UVC efficiency of 10% or less. Typical power density is 30 W/cm³ or greater.

Depending on the quartz glass used for the lamp body, low-pressure and amalgam UV emit radiation at 254 nm and also at 185 nm, which has chemical effects. UV radiation at 185 nm is used to generate ozone.

The UV lamps for water treatment consist of specialized low-pressure mercury-vapor lamps that produce ultraviolet radiation at 254 nm, or medium-pressure UV lamps that produce a polychromatic output from 200 nm to visible and infrared energy. The UV lamp never contacts the water; it is either housed in a quartz glass sleeve inside the water chamber or mounted externally to the water, which flows through the transparent UV tube. Water passing through the flow chamber is exposed to UV rays, which are absorbed by suspended solids, such as microorganisms and dirt, in the stream.^[2]

^{Source (wikipedia.org):}

^{1 "Ultraviolet disinfection guidance manual for the final long term 2 enhanced surface water treatment rule" (PDF). Washington, DC: United States Environmental Protection Agency. November 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2011.}

^{2  Wolfe, R.L. (1990). "Ultraviolet disinfection of potable water". Environmental Science & Technology. 2 (6): 768–773. Bibcode:1990EnST...24..768W. doi:10.1021/es00076a001.}