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The Lightweight Water Purifier (LWP) System is intended to improve the responsiveness of water support to early entry, highly mobile forces throughout the spectrum of conflict in peace and war. It also provides quality water support to small units and detachments where distribution of bulk water is not feasible or practical. The LWP provides this water support without committing larger water production assets from the logistics support structure. The system tailors water production flow rates to the demands of independent Special Operations Forces, detachments and units typically engaged in remote site missions.
Notable features of the unit include:
- Designed to be man-portable and modular.
- Transportable in HMMWV and medium tactical helicopter. Also can be air-dropped
- Treats any water source including seawater, brackish, turbid, and NBC-contaminanted sources.
- Uses Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Ultrafiltration (UF) technology.
- Five modules: UF, high-pressure pump, control module, RO element, and chemical injection/cleaning.
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Lightweight Water Purifier Field Setup
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- Automated, backwash cycles every 15 minutes, 30 seconds each UF cartridge.
- Treats raw water to 60,000 milligrams per Liter (mg/L).
- Produces 125 Gallons per Hour (GPH) from freshwater and 75 GPH from saltwater 45,000 mg/L.
- Uses titanium pressure vessels for RO membranes.
- Uses chemical injection pumps for coagulant or sodium bisulfite, antiscalant, and hypochlorite.
- Overall power requirements are 240 volts/60 Hertz and 120 volts/60 Hertz.
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Design Features