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How To Be Sure Drinking Water Stays Safe

Water quality monitoring doesn’t stop at the treatment plant.

At the Hach booth at WEFTEC, I looked at a compact system designed to continuously track drinking water as it moves through a utility’s distribution network. The panel monitors six key indicators—chlorine, turbidity, pH, conductivity, pressure and temperature—giving operators an earlier warning when conditions begin to change.

It’s a practical way to extend real-time visibility beyond the plant and help protect water quality on the journey to the tap.

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