Management and use of beneficial bacterial biofilms to control aquatic pathogens, for reliable chemical-free sanitisation of swimming pools. .
Lead Participant:
CLEAR WATER REVIVAL LIMITED
Abstract
The swimming pool filtration market (worth 3.2bn) currently lacks chemical-free alternatives despite
customers’ demands of healthier, easier and cheaper solutions to pool water treatment. This project helps to
fully realise the mass market potential for natural bio-filter based water treatment technology, through
innovative and robust scientific research and development into aquatic pathogen behaviour and control using
bio-films. Project Objectives: Determine how our biofilms reduce levels of waterborne pathogens; ascertain
whether bio-films housed within a bio-filter allow re-introduction of pathogens in water; develop optimal
habitats & management of biofilms to maximise pathogen removal; & quantify pathogen survival rates on full-
scale filtration models. The invaluable knowledge gained during the project will enable a set of optimised
operational parameters (eg: optimal PH/ flow rates) and substrate properties (eg pore size, depth), which
maximise the efficiency, repeatability and reliability of biofilm performance (w.r.t. pathogen control) for real-
world conditions.
customers’ demands of healthier, easier and cheaper solutions to pool water treatment. This project helps to
fully realise the mass market potential for natural bio-filter based water treatment technology, through
innovative and robust scientific research and development into aquatic pathogen behaviour and control using
bio-films. Project Objectives: Determine how our biofilms reduce levels of waterborne pathogens; ascertain
whether bio-films housed within a bio-filter allow re-introduction of pathogens in water; develop optimal
habitats & management of biofilms to maximise pathogen removal; & quantify pathogen survival rates on full-
scale filtration models. The invaluable knowledge gained during the project will enable a set of optimised
operational parameters (eg: optimal PH/ flow rates) and substrate properties (eg pore size, depth), which
maximise the efficiency, repeatability and reliability of biofilm performance (w.r.t. pathogen control) for real-
world conditions.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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CLEAR WATER REVIVAL LIMITED | £64,664 | £ 45,265 |
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Participant |
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UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND, BRISTOL'S INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE | £35,157 |
People |
ORCID iD |
David Nettleton (Project Manager) |