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Home » Authors » Kathryn Foster

Kathryn Foster

Kathryn Foster is a senior operations manager for Water Systems at NSF International. Foster has more than a decade of experience overseeing the review and evaluation of products to NSF/ANSI Standards 61, 372 and 50, and is the current voting member for NSF International on the Joint Committee on Drinking Water Additives. Foster holds a bachelor’s degree in microbiology and molecular genetics from Michigan State University, and a master’s degree in cell and developmental biology from The University of Michigan.

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lead remediation actions to the school or childcare facility

Setting a new standard for lead

Reducing the Q criteria for endpoint devices under NSF/ANSI/CAN 61.
Kathryn Foster
November 17, 2021
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There is no safe level of lead in drinking water. With this in mind, eliminating lead exposure via drinking water has been an incessant goal for regulatory agencies for several decades.


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Lead in Water
NSF

Lead in our water: Making proactive change through standards development

Industry standards and local regulations are consistently revised with the goal of reducing lead levels in drinking water.
Kathryn Foster Kate Woodruff
October 14, 2020
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Lead in public water supply has been a global concern for decades. 


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CIPP liners
NSF

How cured-in-place pipe liners can address infrastructure issues

Rehabilitating currently used pipes offers one possible solution for an aging U.S. water infrastructure system.
Kathryn Foster
October 17, 2019
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U.S. water infrastructure is deteriorating. Some cities are using pre-Civil War water pipes while others still rely on wooden pipes.


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