Codes & Standards

ASSE 1008-2019, Performance Requirements for Plumbing Aspects of Residential Food Waste Disposer Units, has been designated as an American National Standard by...

A little more than nine years ago, the ASSE International Board of Directors formed the Scald Awareness Task Group with this purpose...

A key, long-standing assumption is being upset in the codes: these water heaters can control final POU water temperature.

All politics is local. On a national level, model codes are heavily debated and managed in a detailed manner. However, local adoption and modification...

I just got off the phone with a contractor demanding to know what code section, in either the Uniform or International Plumbing Code, clearly...

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 working group for ASSE 1090, Performance Requirements for Drinking Water Treatment Devices Using Air as a Source, has nearly completed a comprehensive health...

The ASSE International Product Listing Program can now certify water heaters with integral water temperature safety controls to ASSE’s new suite of water heater...

ASSE International has published three new product performance standards for water heaters with integral water temperature safety controls. ASSE 1082-2018, Performance Requirements for Water Heaters with...

ASSE International, in collaboration with Special Pathogens Laboratory, is developing a new professional qualifications standard. This standard will define the general knowledge requirements for conducting...