Submitted by FreshT3ch t3_10n6wg5 in explainlikeimfive
jakeofheart t1_j67z7co wrote
You would probably waste an awful lot of electricity, without being able to reach all the micro-organisms.
Ultrasound might be an answer though. I have seen a Swiss startup develop an ultrasound machine that you run your water through.
The vibrations field (or as Chromotron points out, the cavitation) has the effect of breaking down anything molecular that crosses it.
Chromotron t1_j682uyq wrote
It's probably not the vibrations but the ultrasound cavitation. It forms little bubbles at enormous forces, ripping stuff apart.
stratusmonkey t1_j688wbx wrote
UV light
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