Company Info

KWA was founded in 1989 by Ken Wilcox as an independent testing laboratory. Located in Grain Valley, Missouri, KWA provides third-party evaluations and R&D facilities for manufacturers of leak detection equipment. The KWA facility includes operational underground storage tank and pipeline facilities as well as standard laboratory facilities. KWA also manufactures several UST related products including the LS-2003 leak detector testing device.

Since 1989, KWA has evaluated hundreds of different leak detection methods for almost every manufacturer of leak detection equipment. Evaluations have been conducted both at KWA's facilities as well as in the field internationally. KWA has also been contracted by a number of prominent organizations including the following:

• United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)
• American Petroleum Institute (API)
• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
• British Standards Institute (BSI)
• California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)
• United States Navy

KWA Services

1. Third-party certification of leak detection methods
2. Research and development facilities for leak detection methods
3. Field-testing of leak detection equipment
4. Test protocol development
5. Legal consulting services
6. Web certification listing service