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Clean drinking water is a basic human right and it is up to the water quality industry to ensure that every Canadian has access to it. By Mark P. Evans I was running through the sprinkler the other day as part of an in-depth backflow/ water-quality study, when my research was interrupted by the office manager responding to complaints from alarmed employees who obviously don’t appreciate science. What may have appeared to the untrained eye as some half-naked fat guy wandering around in the yard was in fact an appropriately dressed professional going that extra mile to produce a comprehensive water assessment for his client. I explained that I only offer this exclusive service to preferred customers on really hot days as a refreshing, real life cross-connection/ water quality test of their irrigation system. We decided that future actions will be limited to standard test procedures.
Look, smell, and taste There is more to water quality than simply being free of contaminants. In fact, there
Every year I recalibrate my backflow tester to ensure that I receive proper readings.
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