The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implemented the Environmental Technology
Verification (ETV) Program in 1995 to generate independent and credible data on the
performance of innovative technologies that have the potential to improve protection of public
health and the environment. The purpose of this program is to help organizations, industries,
business, states, communities, and individuals make better informed decisions when selecting
new environmental technologies. Technology vendor participation is voluntary, and technologies
are not approved. Quality data, responsive to customer need, are the product of verification
testing. ETV success depends on obtaining and communicating information about the
performance of technologies to those who decide on the selection and implementation of
environmental solutions. The results are publicly available on ETV’s web site at
www.epa.gov/etv