Tern Water to Tackle the Drinking Water Crisis Faucet by Faucet

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Tern Water to Tackle the Drinking Water Crisis Faucet by Faucet

The Drexel University alums behind the Tern Water company want to test home’s water for just $20 and build a detailed database of Philly’s water quality in the process.

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Tern Water’s Know Your Water testing kit. Photo via Twitter

The startup was born in early 2016 out of two Drexel students’ shared commitment to providing communities with access to clean, sustainable water. Although Tern hasn’t been around for long, the importance of its mission has risen steeply as the public health crisis around America’s drinking water is still roiling in cities like Flint, Michigan and right here in Philadelphia.

Using quantitative lab-certified testing procedures, Tern compiles a fast and accurate report detailing both the levels of contaminants in your water supply, and, based on factors like the age of your children, a rating of how safe your water is for your household to drink.

So far, Tern has tested over 200 Know Your Water capsules during the service’s pilot phase, and expects many more customers once they begin to aggressively publicize the project in the coming weeks.

The Know Your Water test is notably cheaper than similar services, in part because Tern has much more than revenue to gain from the campaign. The tests allow the company to construct a database of private water supplies in the area, provided by the people who will likely become their first customers when the Tern Faucet is available for sale.

“At the end of the day, we want to make sure that the users understand their problems but are also able to fix them with a product or a service that we’re offering,” says Zerban. “[Know Your Water] is helping us directly understand what the consumers want.”

What consumers want, explains Mo Zerban, the 22-year-old founder and CEO of Tern Water– citing the years-long tragedy over undetected lead in the Flint, Michigan drinking water – is reassurance.

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