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in Alaska now have UV to kill viruses in the water. This is a

growing market in South America.”

Pure water needs for hospitals and office buildings are met

by UV units that can handle up to several thousand gallons

per day. For residential needs, smaller, self-contained units
are a growing market.

Swimming pools are another area of potentially huge growth.

Bio UV, based in France, began treating residential pools

seven years ago

Potential for growth

Although it currently accounts for $500 million in annual

global sales (in comparison to the $4.6 billion spent each
year on total non-chemical water treatment in the US alone),

the UV water treatment business is growing rapidly. BCC

Research, an industry consultancy, estimates that the UV
water disinfection market in the US is set to expand at an

annual rate approaching 40% for the next five years.

Internationally, the figures are even higher. LIT Technology,
based in Russia, offers a wide range of municipal, industrial

and commercial/residential systems. It has over 2,000 major

installations in the CIS, Europe and Asia, ranging in size up to
3
one million m /d. For the last several years, the increase in
their company turnover has been between 50-100%.

“We’re very optimistic,” says spokesman Henk Giller. “There’s
lots of uses, and lots of opportunities.” Currently, about 80%

of installed units are in Europe and North America. “In

Europe, they’ve been using UV for decades in drinking water,
so there is growth in wastewater, while in the US, they have