Solar water disinfection (SODIS): A review from bench-top to roof-top

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 235-236, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-46

  McGuigan, Kevin G ^a   Conroy, Ronán M ^a   Mosler, Hans Joachim ^b   du Preez, Martella ^c   Ubomba Jaswa, Eunice ^c   Fernandez Ibañez, Pilar ^d  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^d PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Developing world; Drinking water; SODIS; Solar disinfection; Waterborne disease

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE BOTTLES; COMBINED EFFECT; DAILY USE; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPOSURE TIME; GLASS CONTAINERS; HEALTH IMPACT; LATIN AMERICA; MICROBIAL PATHOGENS; RADIATION-INDUCED; REAL APPLICATIONS; SODIS; SOLAR DISINFECTION; SOLAR LIGHT; SOLAR WATER DISINFECTION; THERMAL HEATING; TRANSPARENT PLASTICS; WATER-BORNE DISEASE;

CELL DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; POTABLE WATER; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DISINFECTION;

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; WATER;

APOPTOSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEATING; MORBIDITY; PATHOGEN; PLASTIC; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR RADIATION; STORAGE STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER TREATMENT; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOREACTOR; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CHOLERA; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISINFECTION; FUNGUS; HEATING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SOLAR WATER DISINFECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; UGANDA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS; WATER TREATMENT;

DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; SUNLIGHT; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84865711324     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.07.053     Document Type: Review

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