Iowa Department of Public Health

State of Massachusets, Board of Plumbing

Water Quality Association Gold Seal

California Department of Health Services

State of Wisconsin, Bureau of Building Water Systems

State of Colorado, Department of Health, Drinking Water Program

The Multi-Pure� Drinking Water Systems are certified by NSF International and UL to remove the widest range of contaminants. Both NSF International and UL (Underwriters Laboritories) are independent, not-for-profit organizations that are the premier safety certification companies in the U.S. They test and certify a wide variety of consumer products to ensure that the claims they make can be supported. They have had experience for over 100 years in product testing and safety certification and are well known for their commitment to the environment, public health and safety, and work with government and other environmental and public health professionals on standards and code development for consumer products related to safety considerations.

They are the only organizations that certify drinking water purification systems for consumer use. NSF International has been certifying drinking water systems for over a decade. Recently, UL has introduced a new certification mark specifically for its Environmental and Public Health (EPH) Programs as it relates to drinking water systems.

The Multi-Pure� Drinking Water Systems have passed stringent certification standards which means:

1. The contaminant reduction claims they make are true
2. The system adds nothing harmful to the water
3. The system is structurally sound
4. Advertising, literature, and labeling are not misleading
5. The materials and manufacturing process do not change

Periodic inspections are made of manufacturing plants and advertising materials to ensure that the manufacturer is complying with the terms of certification.

It is important to note that manufacturers can make claims for water treatment systems that cannot be supported. We have found in our experience that some manufacturers do so. We also have experience with manufacturers who claim their system is certified when in fact it is not. Do not be mislead if a system claims it has been tested according to NSF or UL standards - this is not certification. If it is truly certified, the seller is able to provide you with a Performance Data Sheet that outlines which contaminants it will reduce.

The purpose of certification is to give you, the consumer, verifiable evidence that these products will in fact reduce the contaminants that the manufacturer claims. If a particular drinking water system is not certified, you cannot be assured that the claims made can be supported.

The following is a partial list of contaminants the Multi-Pure� Drinking Water System is certified by NSF International and UL to reduce:

Alachlor
Arsenic (880 Series only)
Asbestos
Atrazine
Benzene
Bromodichloromethane
Bromoform
Carbofuran
Carbon Tetrachloride
Chlordane
Chlorine
Chlorobenzene
Chloropicrin
Chloroform
Chloramines
Cryptosporidium
Cysts (Giardia, Entamoeba, Toxoplasma)
2,4-D
DCP
1,2-DCA
1,1-DCE
Dibromochloromethane
Chlorodibromomethane
Dibromochloropropane (DBCP)
o-Dichlorobenzene
p-Dichlorobenzene
1,2-Dichloroethane
1,1-Dichloroethylene
Cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene
Trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene
1,2-Dichloropropane
Cis-1,3-Dichloropropylene
Dinoseb
EDB (Ethylene Dibromide)
Endrin
Ethylbenzene
Furadan
Giardia
Haloacetonitriles
Haloketones
Heptachlor
Heptachlor Epoxide
Hexachlorobutadiene
Lead
Lindane
Mercury
Methoxychlor
Methylbenzene
Monochlorobenzene
MTBE
Ortho-Xylene
PCB's
PCE
Pentachlorophenol
Perchlorobutadiene
Propylene Dichloride
Simazine
Silvex
Styrene
1,1,1-TCA
1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
Tetrachloroethylene
Toluene
Toxaphene
Toxoplasma
Tribromoacetic Acid
1,2,4 Trichlorobenzene
1,1,1-Trichloroethane
1,1,2-Trichloroethane
Trichloroethylene
Trihalomethanes
TCE
2,4,5-TP
Turbidity
Vinylbenzene
Xylenes
Particulates (Class 1 particulates 0.5 tp <1 UM)