NSF/ANSI 61-2020: Drinking Water System Components – Health Effects
Water isn’t literally everywhere, but it is overwhelmingly abundant, taking up 332,500,000 cubic miles of the earth’s surface. H2O also comprises 60% of our bodies’ […]
drinking water
NSF/ANSI 53-2019: Drinking Water Treatment Units – Health Effects
Water is important. It makes up 60% of your body and 71% of your planet. In fact, in the over-dozen times we’ve focused on drinking […]
NSF/ANSI 60-2019: Drinking Water Chemicals Health Effects
The health effects of water are of prime importance. Chemicals make water potable, letting it safely enter our bodies to keep our temperature regular, lubricate […]
NSF/ANSI 42-2019: Drinking Water Treatment for Aesthetics
Picture a glass of water. Odds are it shares a striking similarity with the one above. We like our water a certain way, especially the […]
Companion Standard to NSF/ANSI 61 & 60 for Drinking Water
If you don’t comprehend the significance of water, then you’re likely not a human being living on planet Earth. Or any other living thing, for […]
NSF/ANSI 53-2018: Drinking Water Treatment Units – Health Effects
***Update: This standard has been revised. NSF/ANSI 53-2019: Drinking Water Treatment Units – Health Effects is available on the ANSI Webstore. You can read more […]
ASSE Standard 1024-2017: Dual Check Backflow Preventers
The body needs water to function. Think about all the water that flows through one’s system on a daily basis. It’s a lot. Water makes […]
Keeping Asbestos Out of Drinking Water
Water contamination is something often associated with deadly illnesses in developing countries, but various forms of tainted water are running through rivers, settling in watersheds, […]
Cryptosporidium: Why Clean Water is So Important
Adequate water treatment is the cornerstone of modern public health, but few take a moment to ask why. Well, it’s pretty obvious—water is the elixir […]
Microcystins: A Toxic Threat to Drinking Water
Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) comprises the oldest known fossils and date back more than 3.5 billion years, but these freshwater organisms are still prominent today. Cyanobacteria, […]