When the Public Loses Faith
Do you have faith in the institutions that affect your life? Your church, your government, the Boy Scouts of America, your local news, or...
Ten Questions With … Steve Webb
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...
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,...
Ten Questions With … Jason Fernandes
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...
ASSE Certified Hydrants
My colleague, Terry Burger, has written about the confusion over hydrant backflow protection, as well as the differences in the various devices,...
The Ever-changing Backflow Industry
The focus of this issue of Working Pressure is “New Technology." In the backflow industry, changes occur all the time. Existing product standards are...
4” Apollo DCDA 4A
Question:
I have a 4” Apollo DCDA 4A that needs service. I am not familiar with this unit. What is the best way to remove...
Love the Work You Do
This may sound hard to believe, but I truly love my job. I am seldom home and spend most of my time traveling to...
Prevention Rather Than Cure
With things moving toward a new normal and the COVID situation becoming more under control in many areas, we are again on the road...
Has Common Sense Left the Building?
I just got off the phone with a contractor demanding to know what code section, in either the Uniform or International Plumbing Code, clearly...