Anthem, Arizona, is a town north of Phoenix founded ten years ago. It now has a population of 40,000. To ensure that it's water and wastewater are as clean as possible, the town sought to avoid chemical treatments and recently installed an ultraviolet (UV) water disinfection system. Two local golf courses are also using the UV-treated wastewater for irrigation. Two closed-chamber, medium pressure UV systems handle 7 million gallons per day of drinking water and 3 MGD of wastewater.
The system, manufactured by Aquionics Inc., of Erlanger, Kentucky, reduces the towns dependence on chlorination, thereby minimizing output of chlorine by-products. It requires minimal maintenance and exceeds all water quality standards.
One of the things that we, as a people, have to learn is that there are solutions. Our problem is that we think that others are somehow 'empowered' to make our decisions for us. Shame on us.