Backflow

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...

Backflow Prevention & Water Treatment

According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...

Quiz: Backflow Prevention and Rainwater Harvesting

According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...

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...

We Are the Change We Seek

A question I’m often asked is, “How can people in the cross-connection industry influence regulations in their jurisdictions to require the necessary testing of...

ASSE One Year Field Test (ASSE 1YT ®) Trademark Granted

ASSE International was recently granted a Certificate of Registration for the ASSE One Year Field Test (ASSE 1YT®) certification mark by the...

Digital Tools

This column will be a regular feature in ASSE International’s new magazine, Working Pressure. We will be sharing news about ASSE professional qualifications standards,...

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...

4” Ames Model C500

Question: I am servicing a 4” Ames Model C500. Can you tell me about this assembly and how to change the rubber parts for the...

Backflow Additions to Model Codes

The 2021 model code cycle is wrapping up and with it comes the news of what to expect. Knowing what is coming will affect...