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THE AQUACERT PROCESS

THE AQUACERT CERTIFICATION PROCESS IS ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS AND STRONGLY ENCOURAGED BY PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES. THIS CERTIFICATION INCREASES TRANSPARENCY FOR CONSUMERS BY MAKING THE QUALITY STANDARD MORE READER-FRIENDLY FOR WATER USED ON A DAILY BASIS.

Water is essential for life and is everywhere on our planet. Its complex cycle begins with the human body, and is often trivialized and illustrated in its simplest form. Despite this, water remains a complex substance, carrying the best and the worst, capable of regenerating or poisoning depending on what’s in it.

Every day, people drink it, but they also use it to relax, relieve or even for treatments just as they have for centuries. Whether it’s spa treatments for children, managing a public swimming pool, or a wellness spa, we attribute different properties and characteristics to water for various needs.

Aquacert makes it possible to audit and certify all these types of water, in any form and provide both the public and professionals with the highest level of safe use of water that’s guaranteed , healthy and up to standard.

Aquacert certification was developed in France by a group of natural mineral water experts, scientists and professionals, in addition to consumer advocates and the French Ministry of Health. It was developed by focusing its fundamentals on risk management and benefited from the HACCP system and ISO 22000 standard, which makes it compatible with the fields of health and food in general.

After quickly becoming an international standard, Aquacert is now managed by the NGO “Aquacert International” on 5 continents. This is a new kind of certification because it’s exclusively specialized for water. It ensures transparency for users by organizing annual audits of certified organizations. It makes it possible to discuss the conservation or the possible cancellation of the certification as an independent scientific committee after every annual audit.

Aquacert has different audit criteria based on activities and what kind of water is used. In order to ensure all performance guarantees, Aquacert also evaluates staff skills, as well as the equipment and products which are tested during the various stages leading to the end user.

Aquacert helps verify that certified companies or individuals still comply with the regulations and that they monitor water quality on a regular basis via analysis and internal audits.
For your safety, this certification provides a framework for hospitals, medicinal thermal springs and sea water treatment centers, spas and wellness centers that use water as part of a treatment. This also includes drinking water whether it’s bottled or from the tap, as well as water parks and natural outdoor areas for swimming and recreation.