1 MINUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH


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WQRF wants to share some important facts about our research in a compact video format. 

Managing PFAS Waste: Regulatory Updates from Waste Management

Michael Jensen, General Counsel and Director of Regulatory Affairs at Waste Management, shares a brief overview of PFAS waste management and EPA's proposal to classify nine PFAS as hazardous constituents.

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Softened Water: Validating Benefits for Today's Technologies

In 2009, WQRF research proved the real-world benefits of softened water: less detergent, lower energy use, and improved efficiency. Hear from WQRF president, Sam Karge, on why updating this study matters in today's world of evolving technologies and formulations.

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The Value of PFAS Research

Take one minute to hear PFAS research highlights for WQRF president Sam Karge. He shares why this groundbreaking work matters... from proven treatment at the tap to safe retention of PFAS in treatment media through disposal.

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Know Your Water: Consumer Confidence Report (CCR)
Concerned about Water Quality?

1-Minute for Water Research: The Map Edition

Understand your CCR in under 2 minutes!

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Are you concerned about the quality of your drinking water? You’re not alone! Start by getting your water tested today. Dive into the results from WQRF's Emerging Water Contaminants Consumer Study.

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Learn the in's and out's of our contaminant map in only one minute! 
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Counterfeit Filters: Why It Matters

Together with AHAM (Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers), WQRF investigated if counterfeit filters illegally using a manufacturer’s logo passed testing requirements of certification claimed made.
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Emerging Contaminant Removal

Dr. Zhi Zhou at Purdue University investigated the removal efficiencies of 3 PFAS chemicals by reverse osmosis and activated carbon water filtration.  Here's what this means to the everyday user. 
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Benefits of Softened Water

Conducted by ​Battelle Memorial Institute, focused on efficiency improvements in household water heaters from the use of softened water, and the subsequent effect on performance of fixtures. 
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Water Softener Effects on Septic Systems

The science says efficiently operated softeners can improve septic system performance.
Check out the video to learn more and get our top 5 tips for maintaining your softener and septic duo.
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Predictive Modeling of Water Crises

The Predictive Modeling Study collected and assessed all available and relevant water quality data to generate a model that describes the most likely future drinking water contamination events over the next 5-10 years.
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POU Water Filtration to Protect Public Health

This study shows that the lifetime loss to the Flint, Michigan community from lead exposure is $435M, whereas it would have only cost $11M to fund supplying the community with point-of-use activated carbon filters that are certified to have lead reduction capabilities.​
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Decision-Making to use POU/POE Filtration

This study was performed in June 2021, to better understand the public's decision-making on using household water treatment devices.
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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.
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This study was performed in 2022 to create a national database of State rules and regulations on using POU/POE for compliance to the Safe Drinking Water Act.
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