CWQA’s Position Statements on Industry Issues

1. Bacteria
2. Boil-Water Advisories
3. Bottled Water
4. Canadian Water Filter Industry Voluntary Guidelines for Carbon Water Filter Advertising and Promotional Claims
5. Catalytic, Electromagnetic and Magnetic Devices Claimed to Treat Drinking Water
6. Chlorination
7. Chloramines
8. Consumer Information
9. Corrosion in Softened Water
10. Cryptosporidium
11. Greensand
12. Hot Water and Rotten Egg Odour
13. Hydrogen Peroxide Parts 1 and 2
14. Hydrogen Sulphide, Fluorides and Other Water Problems
15. Installation of Equipment
16. Lead in Drinking Water
17. Microbial Growths in Activated Carbon & Ion Exchange Resin
18. POU/POE Water Treatment
19. Potassium
20. Product Promotion Guidelines
21. Product Standards and Validation
22. Questions and Answers on Bottled Water
23. Septic Tank Effluent Disposal
24. Sodium in Drinking Water
25. Soft Water and Health
26. TDS in Canadian Rivers
27. UV Offers Reliable Disinfection
28. Water Quality Guidelines available through Health Canada
29. Water softeners pose no problem for septic tanks

Consumer Alert

• If It Sounds Too Good To Be True...It Probably Is
• The use of catalytic bars has no effect on the hardness of water.
• Soft water is soft because the calcium and magnesium minerals have been removed.
• "If the water and soap form suds that last several minutes, the water is soft."
• What to do if you think you may have lead in your water
• Soft Water and Your Health
• How to Complain to Canada's Competition Bureau

Water Treatment

• Clean the Water: When it is muddied by misinformation
• Water Treatment Q&A
• Water Potability and Palatability
• Water Treatment Methods for Water Problems
• Water Hardness Across Canada by City