EPA/NSF ETV VERIFICATION OF PACKAGE DRINKING WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS NSF International (NSF) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program is requesting manufacturers and/or suppliers of package drinking water treatment plants or modules of drinking water treatment systems to notify NSF of their interest in applying for verification services including testing and evaluation of existing data. Your response does not commit your company to participate in the ETV program. The purpose of this request is to provide information for NSF and the EPA to use in assessing resource needs for this ETV pilot. With adequate resources, stakeholders will receive timely and quality services from this ETV pilot. The EPA entered into a cooperative agreement with NSF in October 1995 to develop, organize and pilot a program to verify package drinking water treatment plant performance. This pilot is part of the EPA's Office of Research and Development ETV program. More information on this ETV pilot is available on the NSF web site (http://www.nsf.org/html/verification.html) and the EPA web site (http://www.epa.gov/etv). The EPA web site also has information about the ETV program, strategy and other pilots. NSF requests that equipment manufacturers and/or suppliers provide the following information when responding to this notice: -- type of verification services, e.g., testing, existing data review or both requested, -- company name and name of person to contact, -- telephone number, facsimile number and e-mail address of contact person,- -- complete shipping address, -- description of technology utilized in each model of equipment (bag and cartridge filtration, microfiltration, nanofiltration, reverse osmosis, electrodialysis, coagulation with filtration, adsorption, oxidation, air stripping, ion exchange, activated alumina, etc.) -- a list of drinking water contaminants that the manufacturer wants to verify for removal, reduction and /or treatment by each model of equipment. A form capturing the above information is available from NSF by mail or facsimile. Any equipment manufacturer and/or supplier may also obtain the form off the NSF web site (http://www.nsf.org/html/verification.html). WEB: Click here to view the NSF homepage describing this project., http://www.nsf.org/html/verification.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Project Engineer by e-mail., becker@nsf.org.

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