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UV Disinfection Overview

UV Disinfection Overview

Original contact hours: 1Original format: InteractiveDrinking Water · Industrial/Commercial Water Systems · Municipal Wastewater
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This online educational course is designed to help increase your knowledge and understanding of the basic science and technologies involved with utilizing Ultraviolet (UV) light for drinking water disinfection. Explained in this presentation is how UV technology is applied to the drinking water purification process to effectively inactivate Cryptosporidium and other similar pathogens.

Educational Objectives:
  1. Options for controlling potential risks.
  2. How UV disinfection works.
  3. Factors affecting system performance.
  4. Dose response and reduction equivalent dose.
  5. UV system design.

These are historical educational materials. Exams and completion certificates are not available.

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