While it stands up to rainfall, spillages and the obligatory throw-the-phone-into-a-bowl-of-water test, the device won't function underwater.
Opponents of the water test pointed out the many uncertainties in the research (which is precisely why the team wanted to do the experiment).
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The wettest summer on record has been blamed for a Weston-super-Mare beach failing a bathing water quality test.
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White Salmon, Washington -- population 2, 143 -- won top honors Tuesday at the Great American Water Taste Test.
Water treatment plants must test their water regularly for contaminants.
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It was a teaspoon of water in a test tube, not a mass of silicon, metal and plastic.
The FDA does require bottled water companies to test for contaminants and other problems, says Joshua Sharfstein, M.
Regional development minister Danny Kennedy answered a number of questions relating to water supply, including Exercise Watermill, a mock incident exercise held in October 2011 to stress test Northern Ireland Water's response capacity.
While municipal water utilities are required to provide public reports of test results, bottled-water makers are not. (On the other hand, well water, which is found in many rural areas, isn't regulated as water provided by towns and cities is.) So although you may fork over a pretty penny for bottled water, that doesn't mean it's any better than what's coming out of your faucet.
Steam rose from the tub as he dipped in a hand to test the water.
"The principal and the guard, they test the water every day, " Jan said.
"You will unambiguously see more people test the water, " says Thomas Lawler, an independent housing economist in Leesburg, Va.
Instead, he is using these preliminary stages of the debate to test the water and see how far he can push things.
The first country to test the water may be Pakistan, which is now going through the hoops that face all insolvent countries (see article).
So far, outside powers have not become deeply involved, though many foreign leaders have visited Israel and the Palestinian territories to test the water and urge negotiation.
They test nearby water wells to determine the level of naturally-occurring methane and other contamination before and after drilling in order to ensure that their drilling and completion activities have not caused any issues.
Finally came the most disconcerting test: water resistance.
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The Indus Water Treaty has withstood the test of two wars between India and Pakistan.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's drinking-water regulations require that all samples test negative for E.coli.
Torbay Council said test results showed bathing water quality had not been affected.
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Only one of the 40 wells drilled by others into the Wilcox Sands in mile deep water has ever had a flow test.
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Dr Goldstein, however, realised that Lunar Prospector could be used to test for the presence of water directly albeit only once.
Before the taste test, the National Rural Water Association honored Sen.
The method is being employed at a small test facility, where waste water is piped through a complex maze of equipment, including a membrane that removes the nasty stuff.
It is led by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and brings together 10 government departments, 34 local resilience forums, emergency responders, water companies, hospitals and schools to test responses to a range of mock flood situations over four days from Monday.
One team of innovators even helped the President hop onto a bike and test out their pedal-powered water filtration system.
The agency also announced plans to test an additional dozen energy- and water-saving technologies this year as part of its Green Proving Ground program.
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