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44 145 | מגזין המים הישראלי הנדסת מים | ALUMOR PRESENTS PIONEER WATER PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MISSION- COMMAND-FORCE AND AND HUMANITARIAN APPLICATIONS שלומי דאהן- אלומור Access to open water sources remains a critical challenge in off-grid settings such as disaster response, military operations, and underserved communities worldwide. This lecture presents Alumor’s novel water purification system developed through collaboration between industry experts and supported by the DDR&D (ministry of defense). The technology employs an innovative electro- optical approach combined with additional classified elements that achieves superior purification levels for a mobile and off-grid unit, while eliminating traditional maintenance and infrastructure requirements including gridpower and water pressure. TheJEOReactor, integratesmultiple technological breakthroughs: compact handheld and light weight, lowvoltageoperationwithmultiplepower source options, silent operation user interface options and in our future vision a real-time bacterial monitoring capabilities. Initial deployments with the Israel Defense Forces demonstrate the system’s efficacy in mission-critical scenarios. Performance analysis indicates significant advantages over conventional solutions, including reduced maintenance requirements, enhancedportability and adaptability to diverse water sources. The technology’s modular architecture enables customization for various applications as humanitarian relief, field operations, disaster relief missions, recreational, pharmaceutical water quality assurance & more. Field testing confirms the system’s capability to maintain consistent purification levels across different environmental conditions while operating at lower energy requirements than traditional systems. These results suggest broad applicability in both emergency response and sustained deployment scenarios, particularly in resource-constrained environments where conventional water purification infrastructure is impractical or unavailable. In the lecture we will expend more about the “Swords of iron״ war water core needs & statistics, uses of the system inwar zone, process of development, past and future development challenges, innovation elements and technology breakthrough achieved. Certifications and field- testing results. A COMBINED UV- BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT FOR MICROPOLLUTANTS DEGRADATION AT VERY SHORT HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME ד״ר אופיר מנשה - מכללת כנרת Introduction: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are emerging pollutants that present a significant risk to the environment, humans, and livestock. Each year, approximately 30,000 kg of natural estrogens, 700 kg of synthetic hormones fromhuman sources, and 83,000 kg of estrogens from livestock are released into the environment. Secondary and tertiary effluents are the primary sources of these contaminants in natural water resources. A new oxidative bioreactor (OBR) system, incorporating small bioreactor platform (SBP) capsules to protect biomass and UV-LED photolysis/photocatalysis technology, has shown effectiveness in breaking down persistent EDCs in secondary effluents. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate this innovative OBR treatment approach, developed in our laboratory, which is designed to combine biological degradation with UV irradiation (267.2, 278.8 and 285.8 nm) simultaneously to degrade EE2. Methods: We compared 3 different processes: (i) LEDs—physical process; (ii) SBP— biological process; (iii) OBR which combines, simultaneously, physical, andbiological processes (LEDs with SBP); The effluents were spiked by 0.5 mg/L EE2, and EE2 monitoring was made by using HPLC-UV analysis. In bioaugmentation, selectedmicrobial flora is added to the systemto accelerate the removal of organics. A volume of 1.2–1.5 mL of the culture suspension containing Rhodococcus zopfii was injected into 45 sterile SBP capsules, and the injection hole was then