Our Crucial Work Continues
As the year closes, it is time to reflect on the activities of 2021. Despite all the challenges of 2021, the realm of standards...
The Beginner’s Guide to Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control
There are few things as important as access to safe, clean drinking water. Water is necessary to sustain all life on our planet. It...
Mechanical Cross-Connection Control 101
An unwanted or undesirable reversal of flow in a piping system is simply known as backflow. Because fluids generally flow from high pressure to...
Atmospheric Vacuum Breakers (AVBs) Keep Passengers Safe
Safran has over 60 successful years of aircraft toilet development and manufacturing. There have been a myriad of challenges in the aircraft toilet world...
Backflow Quiz
According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...
4” Ames Model C400
Question:
I am servicing a 4” Ames Model C400. Can you tell me about this assembly and how to change the rubber parts for the...
2021 RP/DC Revisions
There are many types of backflow protection devices and assemblies – each is designed for a specific application – but the most prominent of...
RP/DC Backflow Protection Devices
In 2021, ASSE International was pleased to announce the publication of ASSE 1013-2021, Performance Requirements for Reduced Pressure Principle Backflow Prevention Assemblies, ASSE 1015-2021,...
ASSE Series 5000 Revision
Backflow prevention is the backbone of what ASSE International does. Therefore, we include some backflow articles or columns in each edition of Working Pressure...
Backflow and General Plumbing Trivia Quiz
According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...









