[nanoPost] Carbon nanotubes for water purification

Company USA

The company has developed a technology that reliably removes microorganisms from fluids, without the use of heat, ultra-violet radiation, chemicals, contact time, or significant pressure. This technology has been the primary focus of the company's efforts to date and is now ready for large-scale production.

The company has delivered prototype portable purification systems to the United States Air Force for testing, and has a program for the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of a series of product applications.

The product has the following attributes:

 
- Provides reliably clean water, free of bacteria and virus
- Effective against all microorganisms in water
- Does not require high pressure
- Environmentally benign
- Simple to operate and requires little maintenance

The product takes advantage of the most recent advances in nanotechnology to create a "kill zone" capable of destroying all shapes and all types of bacteria and virus, as well as other pathogenic microbes such as the common Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia.

Independent testing has confirmed that the technology is an absolute barrier against passage of microbial contaminants without chemical addition or contact time, without UV treatment and heat and independent of both opera ting and water quality conditions. Testing has shown a greater than log 4 reduction in waterborne virus and a greater than log 6 reduction in bacteria. These reduction levels meet or exceed EPA standards for drinking water. Early testing has also shown a significant removal of arsenic and other contaminants.