Davey Water Products has introduced Aquasafe a tank water purifier that is an effective liquid oxidant that will keep rainwater tanks free of mosquito larvae for up to two months.
Maintaining rainwater tanks and other storages used for drinking water in a good healthy condition is important in removing the risk of outbreaks of dengue fever – a mosquito borne viral disease, often which is symptom-less but can create fatal consequences.
As the dengue mosquito prefers stagnant water for its breeding habitat rainwater storage tanks represent a potential breeding ground.
Davey Aquasafe eliminates the mosquito feed source of bacteria and algae from the stored water thereby reducing the risk of infection.
It also destroys virtually all the other bacteria which can enter a rainwater storage tank from contact with bird or animal droppings, dust or dirt collected on roof surfaces or from decaying vegetable matter such as leaves retained in spouting or pipe systems.
Aquasafe will break down into oxygen and water once it has completed the disinfection of rainwater, making it a suitable treatment for rainwater that is intended to be used as drinking water.
It is packaged as one litre, five litre or 25 litre packs, while test strips are also available to check water quality.
A one litre pack is sufficient for the initial treatment of 15,000 litres of stored rain water so that treating the relatively modest quantities of rainwater stored in many household tanks represents an inexpensive and safe response.