Other programs are being run in South Korea, Japan, Bangladesh, Denmark, France, Europe, the Philippines, and China.
ASDWA and its members rely heavily on these evaluations to support the use of new technologies and products in the drinking water industry.
Specialized instrumentation is required to determine organic carbon levels, and to detect other unseen particulates.
The ETV verification program reports all outcomes, and leaves the ultimate decision regarding the suitability and applicability of a given technology to the discretion of the end user.
[7] Formal programs and initiatives took place in Denmark with the Danish Centre for Environmental Technology Verification (DANETV),[8] the Nordic countries, including Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway, with the Nordic Environmental Technology Verification (NOWATEC) project,[9] in France with the French ETV program[10] and in a partnership between Denmark, The Netherlands and Germany with the Verification of Environmental Technologies for Agricultural Production (VERA).
[11] The European Union launched in 2011 an ETV Pilot Programme[12] with the support from seven EU member states: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Poland and United Kingdom.
[16][17] The European Commission has taken the decision to discontinue its work on the ETV programme as of November 2022, following an internal assessment.
Claims about the performance of innovative environmental technologies can be verified by qualified third parties called "Verification Bodies Archived 2014-12-01 at the Wayback Machine".
The "Statement of Verification Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine" delivered at the end of the ETV process can be used as evidence that the claims made about the innovation are both credible and scientifically sound.