There are more and more people across America realizing that their water is contaminated. It's a global problem as well. There is a way to take control with ultraviolet UV water disinfection. There are two main sources of contamination - coli and e coli. Coli comes from bacteria while the most dangerous is the more common e coli UV water disinfection.

It is a scary situation when a home owner finds out they have contaminated water. What do you do? Your local plumber maybe the person to call in most cases, but not always. He may not have the knowledge about UV water treatment. Most will be biased based on what their local wholesale house has in stock. Some may carry high quality Ultraviolet UV water disinfection systems then again some will have inferior models.

At this point many home owners call their local water treatment stores. They may have several to choose from with all kinds of gadgets, bells, lights, whistles and more. Just how do you figure out which one is right, and what about the high price? STOP and take a little time to figure all this out.

Learn the things to help you make the right choice in Ultraviolet water treatment. Know what the wattage is - look on the spec sheet. Don't be confused by system wattage and lamp wattage. Some use low watt lamps and a high output power supply. The UV lamp output is the ruler of water sterilization. The number-one thing is power in watts to kill microorganisms, bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. The performance of your UV water treatment and your protection is in watts, the power to sterilize bacteria. The UV lamp is much like the fluorescent lights in your home. The higher the wattage the brighter the output. In the case of UV, brighter delivers more UV protection.

A big difference in UV system manufacturing is in the UV lamp technologies. One may find a 10 gallons per minute system made by company A uses a 36" lamp while company B uses 24" lamps. How can the shorter lamp deliver higher performance? The lamp length has nothing to do with performance. You now know that wattage is the master.

UV water treatment systems are straight forward. The high quality UV system will do everything you need and give you peace of mind with the very best in water to drink. Now all you have to decide is what bells and whistles you might want to add. Almost all have a sight hole to see if it is working or not. The blue light tells you it's on but the UV lamps has a life of 1 year and a few with two. So the light can be on and just not working to purify the water. You can get automatic electronic eye's that give an alarm if the UV light goes out. All of these electronics is where you can add hundreds of dollars more than you need to your high quality Ultraviolet UV water disinfection system. One last note: sensor systems seem to be an annoyance and alarms going of just bums me out. Check with your local jurisdiction for requirements. Hope this helps!