Ultrapure Water Production

As both the quality and quantity requirements for contaminant-free water increase, the demands for innovative technologies and improved system designs are creating challenges and opportunities for the multitude of industries that require ultrapure water. Ultrapure water (UPW) is required in a wide variety of production processes. Ultrapure water is essential to use for cleaning and dilution purposes in the pharmaceutical industry and as a cleaning agent in the semiconductor industry. The technology of the industry has advanced so rapidly over the past few years that it has redefined cleanliness requirements, specifically with regard to the need for quantitatively removing colloidal silica, particles, total organic carbon (TOC), bacteria, pyrogens (bacterial fragments), and metal ions.