RESEARCH
Summaries and educational materials (toolkits, handouts, infographics, etc.) are publicly available resources, and the full scientific reports are free for Water Quality Association (WQA) members.
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If you are not a WQA member, please contact [email protected] to inquire about access to the full report(s) of interest.
The Contaminant Occurrence Map contains water quality data from 2019-2023 for 22 different drinking water analytes in the United States.
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Instead of trying to develop individual reduction standards for each of the currently known PFAS, the objective of this research was to investigate development of surrogate compound(s) that will cover multiple PFAS for product certification testing for activated carbon and ion exchange resins.
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State primacy agencies and public water systems were surveyed to better understand how each state utilizes and manages Point-of-Use (POU) and Point-of-Use (POE) technologies for compliance.
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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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This independent study was performed by researchers from the University of Wisconsin system in June 2021, to gauge the American public’s knowledge of emerging contaminants in drinking water.
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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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Dr. Zhou at Purdue University investigated the removal efficiencies of 3 PFAS chemicals, Manganese, Uranium, and Legionella by POU RO and activated carbon. A second objective was to evaluate the effects of water quality and microbial growth on removal of these emerging contaminants.
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This study demonstrated a proof of concept using point-of-use filters as a method for monitoring tap water quality over long time periods in lieu of grab-samples.
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Found the calculated lifetime loss to the Flint, MI community from lead exposure is $435M, whereas it would have only cost $11M to fund a 5-year community intervention strategy supplying POU activated carbon filters with lead adsorption capabilities.
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A co-funded research undertaking at Virginia Tech resulted in the development of a standardized scaling test protocol for the evaluation of scale reduction devices and technologies. The study developed a protocol that can be repeated in any laboratory to evaluate the performance of scale reduction technologies/devices.
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The first comprehensive database of the cause for boil water notices (BWN) issued by public water systems in the U.S.
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Study compared the chloride discharge to controls for neighborhoods that optimized existing water softeners and neighborhoods that replaced equipment with high-efficiency rated systems.
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Data co-funding effort resulted in a statistically based probability model that would predict the peak water demand for single and multi-family dwellings having water-conserving plumbing fixtures.
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The purpose of the study was to investigate if counterfeit filters illegally using a manufacturer’s logo passed testing requirements of certification claimed made.
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The objectives of this study were to gather information that would help focus the scope of future WQRF research and to educate the public on point-of-use and point-of-entry technologies.
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This study was undertaken to investigate the effect home ion-exchange water softeners may have on the performance of onsite septic tanks.
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Laid the ground work in NSF/ANSI standards for carbon filter manufacturers to test effectiveness for chloroform and claim effectiveness for 53 regulated organic chemicals.
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Energy Saving Study
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Dishwasher Study
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Laundry Study
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