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Shed The Lead
June 21, 2011
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By Neptune Technology Group Inc.
On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed legislation revising the definition for "lead free" within the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) as it pertains to "pipe, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, and fixtures". The changes are due to go into effect 36 months after the date enacted, on January 4, 2014.
These new federal regulations are challenging the water industry to "get the lead out" – literally – within the next couple of years. But for one company in particular, that won't be a problem, because Neptune Technology Group's bronze-body meters have met or exceeded the newest NSF International/American National Standards Institute (NSF/ANSI) standards for lead content a long time ago.
In 2010, NSF/ANSI Standard 61 added a new "annex," Annex G (currently used to demonstrate compliance to California AB1953 and its weighted average lead content of 0.25 percent or less). The Annex G requirements are being moved to NSF 372 (with the addition of content verification testing) to show compliance to the new SDWA law.
A previous annex of Standard 61, Annex F, had been introduced in 2007. It set a new performance standard for chemical extraction, or leaching for lead, that takes effect on July 1, 2012. In either case, Neptune's current lead free bronze meters meet present and future lead performance requirements.
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