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.
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.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's drinking-water regulations require that all samples test negative for E.coli.
The wettest summer on record has been blamed for a Weston-super-Mare beach failing a bathing water quality test.
BBC: Weston Uphill Slipway beach fails water quality standard
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.
FORBES: GSA Tests Energy-Slashing Technologies To Deploy In 10,000 Federal Buildings
White Salmon, Washington -- population 2, 143 -- won top honors Tuesday at the Great American Water Taste Test.
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.
In a 20-knot breeze the kite is already straining at the 500-pound test control lines with enough force to pull you halfway out of the water.
As part of the day some of the country's top blacksmiths will be producing test pieces for judging and will also be demonstrating the foundry's unique water-powered trip hammers.
The test well, Jack-2, delved through 7, 000 feet of water and 20, 000 feet of sea floor to tap oil trapped in tertiary rock laid down 60 million years ago.
To test his theory, he treated the polyethylene to make it more hydrophilic, or "water-loving".
When a large Southern California water system wanted to probe the vulnerabilities of its computer networks, it hired Los Angeles-based hacker Marc Maiffret to test them.
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