{"id":23360,"date":"2023-08-14T14:24:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T02:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlan.co.nz\/?p=23360"},"modified":"2026-01-28T01:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T01:20:12","slug":"sqidep-myth-are-heavy-metals-evaluated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlanstormwater.com\/nz\/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=\"23360\" class=\"elementor elementor-23360\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-18e6591 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"18e6591\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4a364d\" data-id=\"b4a364d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-203b024 elementor-alert-info elementor-widget elementor-widget-alert\" data-id=\"203b024\" 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-ea07064 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea07064\" 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<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\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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