New Year -- New Lead Levels in 2014

EPA's New Year's Resolution for Lead Reduction

A recent article in the online magazine Water Technology reminds us that the New Year brings new regulations.

At the beginning of 2014 an amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) goes into effect. The Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act mandates that the amount of lead is limited to a weighted average under 0.25 percent. This includes any "wetted" surface that comes in contact with any potable water point-of-use (POU) systems. Wetted surfaces include:

• Pipes
• Pipe fittings
• Plumbing fittings
• Water meters
• Backflow and check valves

There is no specific terminology that manufacturers need to use in "lead-free" product descriptions and the new regulation does not cover retrofitting.

Read the complete Water Technology story here
Read the complete federal amendment here

***Stay tuned for part 2 of the Heavy Metal U.S.A. post featuring lead contamination and the challenges to remove lead at point-of-entry (POE).

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