Many of us don’t REALIZE the challenges that lie behind getting clean water to our taps.
Growing levels of contaminants, pathogens and pollutants have prompted the need for IMMEDIATE detection, plus a more rigorous monitoring of surface and groundwater:
Increasing amounts of pharmaceutical drugs in the water system
Pesticide and herbicide contamination
Contaminated river and lake sediment
Storm water runoff, contamination, flooding, and combined sewer overflows
Industrial waste and animal feeding operation water pollution
Agricultural & urban-use contamination of surface and ground water
Hydraulic fracturing, coal-bed methane, and other energy extractions that contaminate water