Backflow

Preventing Cross-Contamination on POU RO Systems

Consumers and building owners continue to read and hear about the deteriorating quality of their drinking water. Chemicals such as per- and...

ASSE Series 5000 Revision

Each year I look forward to the annual backflow issue of Working Pressure magazine. Backflow prevention is what ASSE is best known for and...

Ten Questions With … Ralph Young

In each issue of Working Pressure, we ask 10 questions to a training coordinator or instructor of an ASSE-approved training provider. Some questions are...

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 International Publishes Revised Performance Requirements for Dual Check Backflow Preventer...

ASSE 1053-2019, Performance Requirements for Dual Check Backflow Preventer Wall Hydrants – Freeze Resistant Type, has been designated as an American National...

Backflow and Infection Control 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,...

Backflow Prevention 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,...

The Evolution of Backflow Prevention Design

With any type of evolution, whether by nature or a technical evolution by man, there are certain driving forces that actually “get...

Watts Offers Free E-book on Backflow Prevention for Water Professionals

Watts has published a new e-book – Water Safety: Protecting Our Communities from Backflow Incidents – to help early-career plumbing engineers and others understand...

ASSE Is All About Backflow

Welcome to this year’s annual Backflow Prevention Issue of Working Pressure magazine. Aug. 16, 2022 was the second annual National Backflow Prevention...