INTAKE WATER

INTRODUCTION

UV DISINFECTION AND INTAKE WATER

With water resources becoming increasingly scarcer and more polluted, delivering large quantities of high-quality seafood presents a challenge to many RAS farm owners around the world. To accommodate high biosecurity standards, intake water is one of the key steps of doing so. It is crucial for thriving aquaculture and when inadequately treated it can contaminate the entire produce – from hatchery to rearing tanks. The small eggs and fry are particularly vulnerable since they are defenseless in the early stages of their life. For the RAS owners, any spread of diseases usually means huge financial loss due to lost production, cleaning, and overall downtime until the next batch.

UV-C light is the most used disinfection method for intake water disinfection due to being a physical process rather than chemical. This way not introducing any unfavored compounds to the water or altering its qualities that could potentially harm them. It has also proven to be the most environmentally friendly and cost-effective compared to the other alternatives. ULTRAAQUA UV offers the most advanced aquaculture intake water UV systems designed to reduce any risk of disease, accommodate the largest of flows, and provide its user with advanced monitoring capabilities needed in highly controlled environments. With the increasingly expanding shrimp farming industry, superior anti-corrosion systems made from UV-stabilized polypropylene have been developed to withstand warm saline water.