Water purification systems allow for the removal of unwanted constituents within a sample of water. Unwanted constituents include suspended particles, parasites, bacteria, algae, viruses, fungi, etc., which make water unsafe for human consumption. Water is validated for human consumption based on international and governmental standards, which define acceptable levels of contaminant concentrations. Conventional inexpensive water purification systems are generally either importable, fragile, non-robust, and/or non-sustainable.

The goals of this project are to leverage existing inexpensive water purification techniques to produce a cost-efficient, portable, and durable system that can produce purified water from standing surface water with variable contaminants. This purification system will be designed for use in impoverished regions with little to no modern, industrialized, infrastructure; therefore this system will be made to be easily operable, and will utilize solar power. The expected outcome of this project is a functional prototype with a study validating the purity of resulting water.

For a project description provided by the customer; review the document attached Here.

Project Name

Solar Powered UV Water Purification System

Project Number

P18461

Start Term

FALL 2017

End Term

SPRING 2018

Faculty Guide

Chris Leibfried, cvlddm@rit.edu; Susan Farnand, spfpci@rit.edu

Primary Customer

Chris Leibfried; Susan Farnand

Sponsor (financial support)

Chris Leibfried

Planning & Execution

Team Values & Norms

Project Photos and Videos

Imagine RIT

Gate Reviews

Problem Definition

Systems Design

Preliminary Detailed Design

Detailed Design

Build & Test Prep

Subsystem Build & Test

Integrated System Build & Test

Customer Handoff & Final Project Documentation (Verification & Validation)