What drinking water treatment devices does Health Canada recommend?
Health Canada does not recommend specific brands of drinking water treatment devices. However, Health Canada strongly recommends that consumers wanting to purchase a drinking water treatment device purchase one that is certified as meeting the applicable ANSI/NSF health-based performance standard. Before a device is certified, it is tested by a certification body against one or more of these standards to ensure it complies with the stipulated requirements. Currently six ANSI/NSF health-based performance standards exist for drinking water treatment devices: • ANSI/NSF standard 42 – Drinking Water Treatment Units – Aesthetic Effects • ANSI/NSF standard 44 – Cation Exchange Water Softeners • ANSI/NSF standard 53 – Drinking Water Treatment Units – Health Effects • ANSI/NSF standard 55 – Ultraviolet Microbiological Water Treatment Systems • ANSI/NSF standard 58 – Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water Treatment Systems • ANSI/NSF standard 62 – Drinking Water Distillation Systems To figure out if a
