Sustainability standard covers dispensers and UV systems
The American Society of Plumbing Engineers and the Water Quality Association announced a new 2015 version of the WQA/ASPE/ANSI “S-803: Sustainable Drinking Water Treatment Systems” received formal accreditation by ANSI as an American National Standard. The new version enhances its scope to include ultraviolet treatment systems as well as dispensers, which include coolers and heaters.
The first version accredited in 2014, covered filtration products utilizing activated carbon, polypropylene, polyethylene and string-wounded filter media. WQA and APSE collaborated with other water-treatment industry stakeholders to create new modules designed to address distinct environmental impacts of UV treatment systems and cooler-type products.