Specifications include, but are not limited to: Chemicals for water treatment and water pollution control shall have the approval of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Public Health Service and conform to AWWA standards for the use in purifying and/or softening of potable water; technical data and safe-handling procedures to be furnished with the bid. All chemicals, substances, and materials added to or brought in contact with water or intended to be used in a public water system or used for the purpose of treating, conditioning, altering, or modifying the characteristics of such water shall be shown by either the manufacturer, distributor, or purveyor to be non-toxic and harmless to humans when used in accordance with the formulation and concentration as specified by the manufacturer, and shall conform with the “American National Standards Institute/National Sanitation Foundation” (ANSI/NSF) standard 60 or 61. Any organization certified by the “American National Standards Institute” may certify in writing that a product conforms to these standards.
