WATER QUALITY MATTERS
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This web site provides information on water quality from a variety of locations. The focus is to inform you about the importance of water quality. It provides information on the various sources of water, how to protect those sources from contamination, how to determine the suitability of water for various uses, and how to improve the water quality through a variety of treatment processes.
There is an abundance of information about water quality on the internet, from simple knowledge to complex scientific documents. Authors can be from a wide variety of sources: government agencies, educational institutions, non government organizations, water treatment equipment manufacturers and advocacy groups to name a few. The intent of this web site is to provide links to content that is easy to understand and will give you enough information to understand why water quality matters and what you can do to ensure your water quality is suitable for what you want to use it for.
Once you know what is in your water and what you plan to use it for (see the USES tab) there is a handy tool to determine if your water is suitable for that use. It's called the Rural Water Quality Information Tool, or RWQIT for short. Using your test sample results you enter your information into the tool and it will assess your water quality for the use you select and indicate if it is safe to use or what contaminants will need to be reduced in order to make it useable. Click this link to get to the RWQIT.