Welcome to Trusted Tap!

Our Mission

Trusted Tap is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator funded project with a transformative approach to deploy commercially available point-of-use filters, like those used in water pitchers, as monitoring devices in households, coupled with communication tools that provide clear and actionable information to users.

How it Works

Protects you while monitoring your water quality.

Gives a precise picture of your water by catching contaminants that standard testing misses.

Uses clear and actionable health communication that empowers you to take steps so you can trust your tap water.

Trusted Tap's transformative approach deploys commercially available point-of-use filters,
like those used in water pitchers, as monitoring devices. This simple, cost-effective approach:

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Ensuring that our drinking water is safe and free from contaminants requires reliable monitoring of water quality. However, there are current gaps in the water quality monitoring framework that leave millions of Americans at risk of exposure to harmful contaminants in their drinking water. For example, the water leaving a public water system’s treatment plant is safe to drink, but certain contaminants can be introduced as it travels through the distribution system managed by your water utility and the plumbing in your home.

Trusted Tap is an National Science Foundation (NSF) Convergence Accelerator funded project with a transformative approach to deploy commercially available point-of-use filters, like those used in water pitchers, as monitoring devices in households, coupled with communication tools that provide clear and actionable information to users.

As these filters are used, they naturally collect contaminants from the water that they treat. The Trusted Tap team has pioneered techniques to measure the contaminants collected on the filter.

Using filters for monitoring protects users from contaminants until results are available, and it improves detection by concentrating contaminants from a large volume of water. Trusted Tap is the only way to measure avoided exposure from contaminants that vary over time, like lead.