[NHCOLL-L:970] Re: Water treatment

[Steve Halford]

On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Carol Brynjolfson wrote:

> We have recirculating water in a tap/sink in a display.  We would like to
> treat it with an anti-bacterial, anti-fungal agent.  This agent needs to be
> non-toxic to humans if ingested (the tap is accessible to the public) as
> well as non-damaging towards nearby artifacts.  Any suggestions?
>
>

Can you conceal a germicidal U/V lamp in the display somewhere that it
won't shine on visitors or artifacts?  That or ultrapure filtration are
probably the only approaches which would be guaranteed non-toxic.

(or could you render the tap inaccessible?)

HTH

Steve (halford at sfu.ca)
Museum Technician
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C., Canada