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ETV COLLABORATIVE EVALUATIONS OF MARKET-READY TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARSENIC REMOVAL IN DRINKING WATER
Citation:
ADAMS, J. Q. ETV COLLABORATIVE EVALUATIONS OF MARKET-READY TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARSENIC REMOVAL IN DRINKING WATER. Presented at 2005 EPA Science Forum, Washington, DC, May 16 - 18, 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
How well do some commercially marketed package treatment systems perform to reduce arsenic from drinking water supplies? The Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Drinking Water Systems (DWS) Center is a partnership between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) Office of Research and Development, and NSF International to provide independent evaluations of water treatment technologies to help address public and governmental needs for applied research results. ETV provides information to help states, utilities, and other organizations select appropriate water treatment technologies to meet the 10-ppb arsenic regulatory standard. Many of the ETV verified technologies demonstrated the capability to reduce arsenic levels in drinking water to 5 ppb or less. This provides several available alternatives for off-the-shelf technology products to the estimated 4,100 small drinking water systems anticipated to be required to install treatment to meet the new arsenic standard.