Water quality testing blog

From yesterday’s Chicago Tribune.

Current sampling methods may not be detecting all the lead in Chicago tap water.
“In a new round of water testing by the Environmental Protection Agency, half of the 29 Chicago homes visited yielded at least one sample containing more than 15 parts per billion of lead, a level that can trigger regulatory action if detected during routine screening.”  The article correctly mentioned the drinking water is safe when leaving the plant however it accumulates lead and other metals as it travels through older water service lines. Chicago has many working water service lines and pipes made of lead.

Concerned citizens can test their drinking water at home. Our eXact^® LEADQuick™ Advanced Photometer is the perfect solution for accurate, reliable field testing of lead levels in water. This easy to use and auto calibrated meter uses our patented EZ-3 technology method. Additional resources on the dangers of lead in water are below.

Click here to download the USEPA brochure “Is there Lead in my Drinking Water?”
(1.2 MB)

A recent presentation by President Ivars Jaunakais New Methodology for Lead Testing

Interview in Water Technology Magazine about lead in water. Educating Customers about Lead

Industrial Test Systems, Inc. and ITS Europe, LTD. will be exhibiting at the following worldwide trade shows this year.

Mid America Pool & Spa
Schaumburg, IL / Jan. 18-19 / Booth 517

Atlantic City Pool & Spa Show
Atlantic City, NJ / Jan. 24-26 / Booth 2121

Desert Pool Show
Phoenix, Arizona / Jan. 21 / Booth 408

Spatex
Brighton, UK / Feb. 4-6 / Stand U123

Orlando Pool & Spa Show
Orlando, FL / Feb 24-25 / Booth 727

WQA Aquatech USA
Las Vegas, NV / March 7-8 / Booth 200

PITTCON
Orlando FL / March 12-15 / Booth 1944

Western Pool & Spa Show
Long Beach, CA / March 15-17 / Booth 535

Child Care Health
Chapel Hill, NC / March 28

NSTA
Indianapolis, IN / March 29-31

Analytica
Munich, Germany / April 17-20 / Stand A1-139

Food Safety Summit
Washington, DC / April 17-19 / Stand 130

National Headstart
Nashville, TN / April 18-20

IWEX
Birmingham, UK / May 22-24 / Stand F5

Water Poland
Bydgoszcz, Poland / May 22-24

Aid & International Dev
Washington, DC / June 6-7

AWWA
Dallas, Texas / June 10-14 / Booth 3906

Achema
Frankfurt, Germany / June 18-22

IFT Food Expo
Las Vegas, NV / June 25–28

Well Drillers Jubilee
Virginia Beach, VA / July 22-23

Water Pro Conference
Nashville, TN / Sept.24-26

P.I.E
Monterrey, CA / Sept.27-29

WEFTEC
New Orleans, La. / Oct.1-3 / Booth 4500

World Waterpark
Las Vegas, NV / Oct. 3-4

Interbad
Stuttgart, Germany / Oct. 9-12

AUSA Annual Meeting & Exposition (Army)
Washington, DC / Oct. 22-24

PMA Summit
Anaheim, CA / Oct. 26-29

WWEM
Telford, UK / Nov 7-8

IPSPE
New Orleans, La. / Nov. 6-8

Piscine Expo
Lyon, France / Nov.13-16

NGWA
Las Vegas, NV / Dec. 12

 Wishing you and yours a safe and happy holiday season!

Marketing Manager Mike McBride accepts the award.

The International Pool and Spa Patio Expo (IPSPE) is the largest pool and spa show in the country with over 500 exhibiting companies, over 1,200 booths and 9,400 attendees from all over the world. Last week our new Pool Check®-i test strip analyzer was awarded first place for the best new product of the 2011 show. The Pool Check®-i handheld digital analyzer tests 6 important pool and spa water quality parameters with only one test strip in under a minute. It eliminates the need for color matching and is perfect for poolside and in-store testing. For a video on the PoolCheck-i, visit our YouTube or Vimeo pages.

The future of pool testing is digital!

Our latest innovation in test strips, the Pool Check® 4+ Pool & Spa Test Strips, Tests 4 important parameters with one strip: Total Alkalinity, Free Chlorine, pH and Cyanuric Acid.

• Fast and reliable results
• 20 second procedure
• U.S. Patented performance
• 50 test strips per bottle
• Easy color matching

Stop by our IPSPE booth #1414 this week for a free sample.

PMA Fresh Summit promotional video from its on Vimeo.

The ITS staff shot this funny promotional video for our first PMA Fresh Summit show. Watch the last 5 seconds for our tribute to Steve Jobs.

Here’s our latest video on the new eXact Micro 10 Photometer for pool water testing. The eXact® Micro 10 photometer is the first meter developed to measure combined chlorine directly with 0.01 precision and no math! It uses the ITS patented test strip method and technologies that offer faster, safer, easier, and more precise water testing. It uses the same simple test procedure as our eXact line of photometers. Simply FILL the built in cell, DIP the reagent strip and READ the result. This video is an overview of best testing practices using the meter and demonstrates testing for Free Chlorine, Combined Chlorine, pH and Cyanuric Acid.

The latest ITS world-wide trade show schedule for the Fall.

SAPSOL
Stand F11
Johannesburg South Africa
Sept.9-11 2011

P.I.E.
Booth 306
Monterrey CA
Sept.29-Oct.1 2011

H20 Expo 2011
Booth 4011
Location: Louisville KY
Oct.4-6 2011

PMA Summitt
Booth 4814
Location: Atlanta Ga
Oct.14-17 2011

Piscina Barcelona
Stand D409
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Oct.18-21 2011

WEFTEC 2011
Booth 220
Location: Los Angeles CA
Oct.17-19 2011

EWQA 2011
Booth
Location: Lancaster, PA
Oct.26-27 2011

WEASC 2011
Booth 220
Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
Oct. 27-28, 2011

Aquanale
Stand A-031
Location: Cologne, Germany
Oct. 27-28, 2011

Aquatech Amsterdam 2011
Stand 02.101B
Location: Amsterdam.Netherlands
Nov.1-4, 2011

IPSPE 2011
Booth 1414
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov.2-4 2011

NGWA
Booth 1033
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov.30-Dec.1 2011

The new eXact^® Chlorine Plus photometer is the perfect oxidizer meter for water testing. The eXact^® Chlorine Plus provides direct read capabilities for Combined Chlorine, Free Chlorine, Total Chlorine, Hydrogen Peroxide Low Range, High Range Free Chlorine, and Glycine, and % Transmission which allows for testing of additional parameters. The meter is safe to use in food process areas with no glass to break, powders to spill or tablets to crush. It uses a patented method and technologies that offer faster, safer, easier, and more precise water testing. See a demo at the upcoming Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit  show Oct 14-17 in Atlanta, GA. Visit booth 4814 and register to win an iPad2. For a limited time, take 10% off the kit purchase on our website. Use code CLPLUS at checkout.