A Self Contained Rainwater Harvesting Disinfection System

在英国，雨水收集系统在减少对饮用水供应的需求和减少过度降雨时洪水的影响方面变得越来越重要。然而，这种系统容易受到生物污染，从而对公众健康构成风险。紫外线消毒系统可以使用，但显著增加了雨水收集系统对环境的碳排放的负面影响。拟议发展的目标是生产一个自给自足的消毒系统，利用收集的水的重力势能产生运作所需的电力，并完成充分的消毒，以避免需要紫外线消毒，以减少公众健康问题的风险。

A Self Contained Rainwater Harvesting Disinfection SystemRainwater Harvesting Systems are becoming increasingly important in the UK both in terms of reducing the demand on drinking water supplies and reducing the impact of flooding when excessive rainfall occurs. Such systems are however prone to biological contamination, with consequent risks to public health. UV sterilisation systems can be used but increase significantly the negative impact on carbon emissions that rainwater harvesting systems have on the environment. It is the objective of the proposed development to produce a self contained disinfection system which generates the electrical power needed for its operation from the gravitational potential energy in the harvested water and accomplishes adequate disinfection to avoid the need for UV sterilisation to reduce the risk of public health issues.