Purilight Portable UVC Water Sterilizer
Sharelight
Purilight Portable UVC is a water sterilizer device.
Purilight Portable UVC Water Sterilizer utilizes UVC radiation at 270 nm to destruct the molecular bonds that bind the DNA of viruses and bacteria with 99.9 % of bacterial removal efficiency. This product is a commercially available product developed by a nonprofit organization in South Korea called Sharelight. The product works in places with both electric power and no electric power as it can be operated with hand rotation or by DC 5V (USB micro 5pin).
Myanmar, Tanzania, and Nepal
As of 2020, the Purilight Portable UVC Water Sterilization unit has been implemented in 2 countries through KOICA projects.
As of 2020, the market price for Purilight in S.Korea is 75 USD (90,000 KRW) Converted September 2020, Interview with manufacturer
Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation
The target users include individuals or households that lack access to clean drinking water and electricity.
