NSF grant funds collaborative water-safety innovation
University of Illinois scientists are developing a way for households to monitor the quality of their drinking water as part of a $5 million National Science Foundation-funded project led by Washington University in St. Louis.
Can we make drinking water safer?
This WashU program taps into a simple solution using household water filters to monitor and track safety.
WashU’s Trusted Tap will empower households to monitor water quality
Water utilities regularly monitor drinking water supplies. But once water enters the individual plumbing of households, there are no checks on what’s coming out of the tap.