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Hello, I am Laura High with AWWA. We are here at ACE 11 and
today I am speaking with Adam Festger,
who is the Market Manager for drinking water for Trojan Technologies. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you. I understand that Trojan is launching new small UV systems.
Can you tell us more about that? At ACE 11 this year, we are
doing two things. We are launching two new models of our TrojanUVSwiftSC. And this is the
three lamp version of our small community drinking water system.
We are excited about it because it's going to allow us to offer UV
technologies and the benefits of UV to a wider variety communities out there.
And the second thing we are doing is we are launching a new validation
for our small community TrojanUVSwiftSC. This new validation offers
the ability for communities to implement a UV solution for treating viruses.
Now, this is new because in 2006 when the EPA put forth
their Ground Water Rule and the Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule,
they set relatively high dose targets for viruses.
And they actually wrote in there
'no UV systems out there meet this
validation requirement but we believe that someday there will be.'
That day is now.
So we can now implement
full 4-log virus - up to 4-log,
that includes 1, 2 or 4-log virus treatment requirements for small community systems for treating viruses.
Now, why is that important? Well it allows a community that, for example, has
a first customer that is very close to the water plant.
They may not be able to achieve their virus CT before that first customer.
UV inactivates viruses instantaneously, it eliminates the need for a larger
contact tank, it eliminates the need for otherwise expanding your CT. This is a
very cost effective option for many communities. Overall, it helps reduce
a community's reliance on chemicals for virus treatment.
Great. So can you also tell us a bit about your new TrojanUV Solo Lamp Technology? The tradeoff in UV has
always that if you wanted low-energy, then you had to have a high number of lamps.
But if you want a low number of lamps, then you had to sacrifice electrical energy efficiency.
So, we set out on
the most comprehensive technology development effort in Trojan's history.
We develop the TrojanUV Solo Lamp and driver
to take advantage of both low lamp counts and high energy efficiency
to really get the best of both worlds. I understand that this technology is being used
in the TrojanUVTorrent. That is correct. We set out to develop the TrojanUVTorrent
with really sustainability in the forefront of our minds. We did this -
we developed it in
a couple of different ways.
First of all, we used the Solo Lamp.
The Solo Lamp allows us to dim the UV energy from 100% down to 30%.
Second of all, we've made it a low headloss solution.
Thirdly, we've reduced the footprint of the system - footprint of the cabinets in
particular that allows the community to really reduce the size of the UV system,
reduce the size of the building and overall reduce the carbon footprint of the plant.
And lastly,
and perhaps most importantly, for the first time in a large flow, high-efficiency
drinking water system, we've incorporated a wiping system.
And not just any wiping system, it's our
ActiClean chemical/mechanical wiping system.
So, how have you made the TrojanUVTorrent easier to use?
The feedback we've got from our customers is that they want to know
that the system is operating. And they want the confidence that the system is on and working.
So, one of the things we incorporated
into the TrojanUVTorrent is a LED indicator. The LED light allows an
operator to see that all their lamps are operating and therefore have the confidence that
the lamps are doing the job that they were intended to do which is to
disinfect the water.
Well, sounds like you are doing really important work and thank you for telling us about it today.
Thanks Laura.
Nice yo meet you. Nice to meet you.