Bottled Water: Federal Labeling Requirements   Water Quality Products September 2010   Eric Yeggy
Selecting the right label for your bottled water product
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A Good Plan Makes for a Better Business   Water Quality Products June 2009   By Joe Schollaert
Tips to ensure business continuity
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IBWA—The Issues at Hand   Water Quality Products March 2007   by Water Quality Products
Water Quality Products asked Joseph Doss, president of the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), to discuss some of the current issues in the bottled water market and provide readers a sneak peek of IBWA’s participation in WQA Aquatech USA 2007.

Establishing a Basis for Claims   Water Quality Products June 2006   By Rick Andrew
Product testing provides multiple advantages

Laboratory Testing: Certification and Sampling Protocols   Water Quality Products June 2005   By Marianne R. Metzger and Robert Ramnarine
A reputable laboratory should be able to help you determine what type of laboratory certification is required, if any, for the specific sample testing you are looking to have performed. Laboratories will typically provide all the sampling containers and collection instructions to ensure the accuracy of the sampling.
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Delivering to a Thirsty Public   Water Quality Products October 2003   Joseph K. Doss, International Bottled Water Association
Safety and quality are of paramount importance to the bottled water industry and bottlers are not content to simply sit back and rest on their laurels. Producers constantly are embracing new technologies and processes to enhance efficiency and bring safe, high-quality, good-tasting and convenient bottled water products to a thirsty public.
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Coming Soon: New FDA Requirements   Water Quality Products October 2003   Kristin Safran, National Testing Laboratories, Inc.
The bottled water industry will be required to comply with new regulations in Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002. Discussion in this article will be limited to the Registration (Section 305) and Records Maintenance (Section 306) proposed rules. This article includes discussion of the broad industry impact of these regulations as a whole, an overview of key aspects from each rule and a timetable of anticipated important dates.
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Speaking of Risk . . .   Water Engineering & Management May 2003   John P. Bachner
Contracts are business promises that are enforceable by law. A number of lawyers urge a client to accept their business guidance (i.e., suggestions for terms and conditions that purportedly can be applied to significantly increase the clients' protection at no additional cost). Undeterred by the fact that lawyers are not known for their business acumen, all too many clients abandon their own good business sense and apply their lawyers'.

Mold Coverage   Water Quality Products February 2003   Arizona Water Quality Association
The following are program notes of the insurance panel presented at the Arizona Water Quality Association October 2002 program, reprinted with permission from the AZWQA. As stated at the Arizona Water Quality Association meeting in October 2002 by Sean Gillespie, claims manager at Allied Insurance, mold is becoming the "new asbestos" to insurance companies. More and more, mold is resulting in damage claims.
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Workplace Injury Causes and Costs   Water Quality Products June 2002   Liberty Mutual Group
The 10 leading causes of disabling workplace injuries account for 86 percent of the estimated $40 billion in wage and medical payments made to workers injured on the job in 1999, the last year for which data are available, according to the second annual Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index by Liberty Mutual Group.
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