Eastern Regional High School
Voorhees, N.J.
Ultraviolet water filtration and storage device
The Eastern Regional High School InvenTeam invented the Maji Drum, a water sanitation device that fits on top of a fifty-five gallon industrial standard water drum. It consists of one layer of a clay filter that will remove small particulates in the water and remove most of the turbidity. Since small viruses and bacterium can still enter through this filter, we will include an ultraviolet light as the final level of sanitation. Ultraviolet light penetrates through the cell walls of the microbes and denatures their genetic proteins thus preventing them from reproducing. By exposing the water to a certain amount of U.V. light, we can effectively sanitize the water for drinking. The filters are all individually replaceable. Power for the UV light will be obtained through a redundant system including a bike generator, hand generator, and even a solar panel. The system as a whole will include many interchangeable parts and provide sanitary drinking water to the community of Gulu, Uganda. |