{"id":37771,"date":"2023-10-16T22:41:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlanstormwater.com\/au\/?p=37771"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:42:18","slug":"sqidep-myth-are-heavy-metals-evaluated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlanstormwater.com\/au\/sqidep-myth-are-heavy-metals-evaluated\/","title":{"rendered":"SQIDEP Myth: Are Heavy Metals Evaluated?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37771\" class=\"elementor elementor-37771\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e18c4fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e18c4fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bbfee4 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"5bbfee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"alert.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-alert\" role=\"alert\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-title\">SQIDEP Myth: Heavy Metals Are Not Evaluated<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-alert-description\">Myth Claim: SQIDEP does not test for metals.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"elementor-alert-dismiss\" aria-label=\"Dismiss this alert.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\">&times;<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df78500 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df78500\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SQIDEP provides a robust repeatable methodology to test for most pollutants. It was designed to allow for emerging pollutants as they became known and give flexibility if only one pollutant claim was desired.<\/p><p>Any pollutant can be tested for and claimed provided the rigorous protocols are followed &#8211; which includes heavy metal concentrations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SQIDEP Myth: Heavy Metals Are Not Evaluated Myth Claim: SQIDEP does not test for metals. \u00d7 Dismiss this alert. SQIDEP provides a robust repeatable methodology to test for most pollutants. It was designed to allow for emerging pollutants as they became known and give flexibility if only one pollutant claim was desired. 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