01/02/2009: The United States Environmental Protection Agency set the ‘action level’ for mercury in drinking water at 0.002 ppm (parts per million), or 2 ppb (parts per billion). This means municipal water suppliers must test for the presence of mercury in drinking water on a regular basis, report their findings to the EPA, and take corrective [...] read more!
12/30/2008: Several of our Water Testing Blog readers have asked us to provide some basic information about mercury, its history, and how to test for it if they wanted to know if it had somehow gotten into their water supply. Below please find some very basic facts about mercury: Mercury exists in several forms: Elemental/Metallic Mercury, Inorganic Mercury Compounds, [...] read more!
12/22/2008: So you took the plunge and installed the proper water filtration system at your home, school or office and feel confident that you now have safe, clean drinking water available at all times. Good for you! One question, though…. What will you do on your next vacation overseas? You can’t take your home water filtration system [...] read more!
12/17/2008: In a previous post we discussed NSF Certification of water quality treatment devices and stated that devices meeting the requirements for NSF Certification would most likely do a far better job of keeping your drinking water safe and clean than non-NSF certified drinking water quality purification devices. Question: Do other organizations other than NSF International also [...] read more!
12/16/2008: Many consumers do not know that they can obtain the results of a comprehensive annual water test performed by their municipal water supplier for FREE — if they just knew where to look. Consumer may click here to visit a page on the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Water Web Site where they can begin their quest [...] read more!
12/15/2008: While this form of bacteria does have the word ‘bacteria’ in it, it has no pathogenic properties and exists more as a nuisance than anything else. You can expect to find this form of bacteria in drinking water showing up in soil, ground water, and surface water. In a household environment you may encounter this [...] read more!
12/10/2008: With so many different manufacturers producing counter top, under sink, whole house, shower, pitcher, and outdoor/emergency drinking water filters, the general public sometimes needs a little guidance when trying to decide which brand of product, make or model will best address their water purification needs. NSF International helps consumers by providing reliable product information obtained through in-depth research and controlled experimentation [...] read more!
12/10/2008: CSA B483.1 “Overview: Canadian Standards Association (CSA) developed additional requirements, outside the existing NSF/ANSI standards, to meet plumbing, mechanical, and electrical requirements for drinking water treatment components and complete systems. Products under this scope include POU and POE plumbed systems and POU non-plumbed systems. The regulation will go into Canadian National Plumbing Code in 2010 but [...] read more!
12/09/2008: Lots of (manly) men out there may start taking a greater interest in the quality of their drinking water after reading that scientists and researchers have positively identified drinking water contaminants known to alter the gender of wildlife over time — and have also found them in some public water supplies. Scientists are warning that manmade pollutants which have escaped into the [...] read more!
12/09/2008: NSF Protocol P231
“Overview: Protocol P231 addresses systems that use chemical, mechanical, and/or physical technologies to filter and treat waters of unknown microbiological quality, but that are presumed to be potable.” (source) read more!
