UV Waterworks Water Disinfection Unit
notes: label: Description
content: Growing up in Mumbai, India, Ashok Gadgil witnessed firsthand the disease and death caused by contaminated water. As an adult, he put his training as a scientist to work on a solution to this widespread problem. His invention—the UV Waterworks—is a low-­‐cost water purifier that uses ultraviolet light to kill pathogens in the water. The UV Waterworks produces safe drinking water for about five cents for every 1,000 gallons, requires very little maintenance, and can be powered by a car battery, bicycle generator, wind, or even solar cells.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (box)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place invented
content: United States: California, Berkeley
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0158.01
label: accession number
content: 1998.0158
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0158.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Water Disinfection Unit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 cm x 70.9 cm x 38 cm; 13 3/8 in x 27 29/32 in x 14 31/32 in