Here is the most up to date information regarding standard 61 compliance requirements, especially dealing with Lead Free water distribution systems. Is the main federal law that ensures the quality of Americans’ drinking water. Under SDWA, EPA sets standards for drinking water quality and over sees the states, localities, and water suppliers who implement those standards. Copper is an essential element required by both plants and animals to live. Copper is also an industrial metal that possesses superior electrical and thermal conductivity, is easy to process and, through the incorporation of other metals, can deliver broad technical performance. This makes it a very important material in a wide range of consumer and industrial applications. Getting the Red Metal Brass and other copper-containing alloys have been known for their bacteriostatic and sanitizing properties. List of EPA registered Antimicrobial Copper Alloys Copper based alloys contain “antimicrobial” properties that kill bacteria naturally and stainless steel can’t make that claim. Professor Bill Keevil demonstrates copper’s powerful and rapid antimicrobial activity in his laboratory at the University of Southampton.
Links to A Better Understanding of Lead Regulations for Potable Water
NSF General Questions regarding Standard 61
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) 1974
Health Benefits of Lee Free
Antimicrobial Copper FAQs
Gosberg Red Metal
Exploring the Antimicrobial Properties of Brass
Antimicrobial Copper Alloys Group
Antimicrobial Properties of Copper
Antimicrobial Copper Live Demonstration
