Talk:Solar water disinfection
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some native speaker please correct the bad grammar/spelling, I just wanted to start this off :) User:wishkah256
Hey, the english looked pretty good, I just made some quick revisions to syntax. -Blake Woodard
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[edit] More detail.
Some more detail is needed (certainly if someone is to follow the instructions). E.g. length of time also depends on sun intensity/cloud cover.
Plastic bags could also be used, I assume - has this been tested?
I assume that it would work well in conjunction with another method, in particular the Cloth filter method. Any research on this?
--Singkong2005 07:14, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Moved SODIS page to here
I moved SODIS to Solar water disinfection, and also moved the talk page. SODIS now redirects to Solar water disinfection.
It is better to have "Solar water disinfection" as the heading for this article, as it is self-explanatory, especially important when viewing it in a category listing. --Singkong2005 07:51, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] PET Antimony concerns
The PET page mentions Antimony as a catalyst used in manufacture. There are now (apparently) titanium based catalysts, used to make PET in Japan & the US. A PET subject Box 4 talks about Ti catalysts and google finds a few mentions. Someone with a better understanding could update the PET article and clarify that Sb leaching only happens when PET contains residual Sb (Antimony) catalyst. RDBrown 15:25, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Solar water pasteurisation
I've created redirects from Solar water pasteurisation and the Commonwealth equivalent, Solar water pasteurisation. I'm not 100% clear whether there's a subtle difference - e.g. is solar water pasteurisation the more general term, and solar water disinfection more commonly refer to the SODIS application of these principles? My internet connection is very slow, so I won't try and figure that out right now, but I will note that "solar water disinfection" gets roughly 17 times as many google hits. --Chriswaterguy talk 05:15, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Additional info
I'll try to help out with the page when I get a chance. Here's a good source of info giving estimated performance, upfront costs, batch costs and some precautions. The page should also link to all the other water purification methods: chlorination, sand filtering, pasteurization etc. This paper is ten years old but it's a good source of information.
