US Approves 12 Water Contaminant Testing Methods

The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved 12 new methods to measure the level of contaminants in drinking water in order to comply with the country’s primary drinking water regulations.

The 12 alternative methods will test for dalapon, radium-226, uranium, radioactive cesium, iodine and gamma emitters, tritium and E coli in drinking water.

The new methods have been approved following the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), which authorised the EPA to streamline approval of the use of alternative testing methods through publication in the Federal Register.

The alternative methods will give public water systems and laboratories timely access to the new measurement techniques, which will reduce monitoring costs while maintaining public health protection.