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Category: General
General articles about water, chemistry, industry, water quality improvement, business, and politics
Global Water Complications
Globally, we haven’t done the best job in protecting of resources. Humanity has an almost limitless potential to innovate and we need to spend our energy and efforts in responsibly harmonizing with our natural world while cleaning the mess we’ve already made. Until we figure out how to progress without negative consequences, we must assume that all waters will be contaminated to some extent with numerous contaminants. It just makes sense to filter and purify all waters that we drink, work with, and play with.
Inspecting Water for Pharmaceutical use
The USP designation means that the water is the subject of an official monograph in the current US PHARMACOPEIA with various specifications for each type. The latter 4 waters are “finished” products that are packaged and labeled as such and need not be of concern during an inspection outside of plants which actually produce these products. The USP purified water and the USP WFI on the other hand are components or “ingredient materials” as they are termed by the USP, intended to be used in the production of drug products.
SB 981 – Bill signed on September 29 by Governor Brown
PWQA was able to help facilitate this due to the hard work of Josiah Young from Churchwell White and Marisol in Senator Dodd’s office who worked diligently with Senate and Assembly offices, committee staff and the Governor’s Office to overcome this opposition. Thank you to all the members who submitted letters to the Governor’s Office and attended the Legislative Days as these contributions were also very important. Also, thanks to Mike Mecca and Chris Layton who attended the CSLB meeting in San Diego, Melodie Bullock for testifying in committee. All this was accomplished by a great team effort!
WQA’s US/China Tariffs Updates
House Bill 4318, recently signed into law, does not affect the duties imposed pursuant to Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974. HR 4318 will continue for three years (technically through December 31, 2020), most of the general tariff relief that had been in place under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States but had expired. We would refer you to the list on HR 4318.
Microbe Detectives selected for the 2018 WEFTEC Innovation Pavilion
Microbe Detectives is one of seven water tech innovators, selected by BlueTech Researchfrom a field of 200 companies, to showcase in the 2018 WEFTEC Innovation Pavilion at booth 3129-L.