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Audience: Manufacturer

  • PFAS

    Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of man-made chemicals that contain carbon, fluorine, and other elements. These chemicals have been in use since the 1940s and are found in a variety of products including firefighting foams, household products such as non-stick cookware, food packaging, and stain and water repellants.

  • WQA offers new testing capability for PFAS chemicals

    The Water Quality Association’s Laboratory is now accepting requests for reduction testing of PFOA, PFOS and other PFAS compounds with detection limits down to 1 ppt (parts per trillion).

  • What You Wish You Could Know About PFAS

    This webinar, “What You Wish You Could Know About PFAS,” looks at what the water industry knows about making drinking water safer. The panel discussion featured experts from the water filtration industry, representing a variety of technologies that have been established as effective in the removal of the PFOA/PFAS family of chemicals: Jonathan Burkhardt, PhD…

  • Guidance for the Use of Water Softening and Onsite Wastewater Systems on Individual Properties

    WQA and National Onsite Wastewater and Recycling Association (NOWRA) have collaborated to offer advice on the use of water softeners and home septic systems.

  • What You Wish You Could Unknow about PFAS

    The Water Quality Resource Foundation set off a year studying the PFAS family of chemicals with this webinar, “What You Wish You Could UnKnow About PFAS.”

  • Changes in Septic Tank Effluent Due to Water Softener Use

    This study was undertaken to investigate the effect home ion-exchange water softeners may have on the performance of onsite septic tanks.

  • Sustainability Comparison Study

    Assessing Centralized Treatment Upgrades and POU/POE Treatment for Small System Compliance to the SDWA This study examined point-of-use (POU) and point-of-entry (POE) devices in comparison to improvements to existing centralized systems for Safe Drinking Water Act compliance using a triple bottom line analysis. The study was conducted using data from four very small community water…

  • State Bills List

    WQA regularly tracks state-level legislation affecting the water treatment industry or WQA members. The list is updated as the status of the bills change, new bills are introduced or old bills pass/fail.  To quickly see a particular state’s legislation, click on that state on the U.S. map.

  • Federal Bills List

    WQA regularly tracks federal legislation affecting the water treatment industry or WQA members. The list is updated as the status of the bills change, new bills are introduced or old bills pass/fail. 

  • Trends Report: International Performance and Reduction standards

    This report investigates countries we are aware of discussing performance/reduction standards requirements as it relates to drinking water treatment units through regulations or other initiatives. There are also country profile reports includes regulations and resources WQA is aware of pertaining to specific countries.