January 2003 Volume 45 Number 1
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	UV: Selling Disinfection to the Public by Mark Hutchinson Disinfection should be considered a minimum level of treatment for those relying on private water supplies for their potable water needs. Oddly, it often isn't. UV technology is one of the most effective, convenient and affordable whole-house solutions for effective disinfection...   read more   The Case for UV in Dechlorination Applications by Brad Shipe To eliminate free chlorine from potable water, activated carbon or addition of neutralizing chemicals are the most common solutions. Still, UV treatment, once an afterthought, is gaining wider acceptance as industries find it reduces more common drawbacks of dechlorination...   read more
Features
	Forward 2003: Whither Goes POU/POE in the Larger Water Treatment Industry? by Peter Censky The water industry’s immediate future will be simply a straight-line projection of what has been happening for the past few years... Let’s examine a little of that reality.  read more   WC&P’s 2003 Technical Review Committee: A Band of Brothers (and Sisters) by Carlos David Mogollón, WC&P Executive Editor Our New Year's resolution, with help from the WC&P Technical Review Committee, is to renew our mission as the voice of the independent residential water treatment dealer and the suppliers that serve them...   read more   A Strategic Vision for the WQA? Several Industry Leaders Discuss Their Views on the Association, Part 1 by Carlos David Mogollón, WC&P Executive Editor As the WQA Board of Directors and Strategic Planning Committee was meeting in Chicago in November to discuss reorganization of the association, WC&P posed the question to nearly 50 of its members: "What is your vision of what the WQA should be?"...  read more   Fixture Flow Rates: Wisconsin’s POE Water Treatment Device Sizing Requirements by Jeff Hellenbrand and Loretta Trapp The Wisconsin Department of Commerce has formally approved a system for sizing point-of-entry (POE) water treatment devices such as softeners, iron filters, etc., that can be used as an alternative to current sizing requirements contained in the state Uniform Plumbing Code...  read more
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Columns
	Viewpoint: Water Economics 101, GE SmartWater, California and Quebec read more   Learning the Hard Way Near the Big Apple: Long Island Water Services of East Islip, N.Y. read more   ComputerWare: Protect Your Business—The Importance of a Daily Software Backup read more   World Spotlight: Water—A Central Issue at the World Summit on Sustainable Development read more   Drinking Water Dollars: An Update on Industry Consolidation read more   Aldex Chemical’s Al Preuss Speaks Up read more   DWTU Standards and Materials Disclosure by Shannon Murphy read more   Diabetes--A Waterborne Disease? read more   Website of the Month: Aplomb with the Idea of Plumbing—Two Sites Pipe Up about the Industry read more