The value of UV light for disinfection is well known. It’s highly effective against a broad range of pathogens, and it eliminates the chemical costs and the handling risks of disinfecting with chlorine.
But there’s more good news about UV, according to Dr. Karl Linden, a civil engineering professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. It’s already part of a treatment process for pharmaceuticals in reuse water. It could come into play against the virus that causes COVID-19. And UV LED lamps are on the horizon.
Linden last November received the Clarke Prize for Excellence in Water Research from the National Water
