CSA International announces new certification program for Drinking Water Treatment Systems

    CLEVELAND, Aug. 22 /EMWNews/ - CSA International, a leading

certification and testing organization, today announces a newly created

program to test and certify products to the requirements of the new CAN/CSA

B483 Drinking Water Treatment Systems standard. Effective today, this

certification program will be available to assist manufacturers in

demonstrating compliance to the new 2009 Canadian Building Code and the new

Quebec Plumbing Code which reference the CSA B483 standard.



    "CSA International holds the number one market share in plumbing

certification in the U.S. and Canada and we have more than 30 years of

expertise in this product area," says Randall W. Luecke, President, CSA

International. "This new program extends our service offering portfolio and

provides plumbing manufacturers with the CSA International expertise they

have come to rely on as they look to demonstrate compliance to plumbing

standards for drinking water treatment components and complete systems."



    Examples of new product certification offerings include water softener

units, drinking fountains, under counter drinking water dispensing systems,

plumbing fittings with integral water filtration systems, point of entry

plumbed systems, household refrigerators with water filtration dispensers

and other similar devices. In order to minimize redundant testing, CSA

International will also recognize testing data for components independently

certified by an accredited certification organization to the NSF/ANSI

Drinking Water Treatment Units Standards as appropriate.

    About CSA International



    CSA International is a provider of product testing and certification

services for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, gas and a variety of other

products. Recognized in the U.S., Canada and around the world, CSA

International certification marks appear on billions of products worldwide.

CSA International is a division of CSA Group, which also includes CSA, a

leading solutions based standards organization, providing standards

development, application products, training and advisory services; and

OnSpeX, a provider of consumer product evaluation, inspection and advisory

services for retailers and manufacturers. For more information, visit

http://www.csa-international.org.