Codes & Standards

ASSE International Publishes Revised Performance Requirements for Plumbing Aspects of Residential...

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

Invisible No More

Infection control has become the new normal for building owners and managers who anticipate a reopening, and ultimately normalization, of building occupancy....

Drinking Water Treatment Product Testing

The types of drinking water treatment units (DWTU) are extremely diverse. The product category covers things from the historic carbon block used to filter...

Changes to Infection Control Standards

It seems like only yesterday that ASSE International was announcing the completion of the revision to the ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000, Professional Qualification Standard for...

How Products Get Certified

My colleague Terry Burger has written about the relationship between codes and standards. The goal of this article is to help people...

Water Treatment Equipment Personnel

Keeping in theme with this edition of Working Pressure, I want to cover the progress being made on the development of a new professional...

Water Treatment Standards

I have several posters on display in my office — some of which were contenders in the World Plumbing Council’s 2011 International Student Poster...

Maintaining Health & Safety of the Public

This issue of Working Pressure magazine focuses on inspection and maintenance. Over the years, ASSE International has developed quite a few standards and certifications...

ASSE International Publishes New Listing Evaluation Criteria (LEC) for Proportional Flow...

ASSE International has published a new Listing Evaluation Criteria (LEC) document — ASSE LEC 2010-2020, Proportional Flow Control Devices, with Protection from...

Understanding Hydrants and Backflow Protection

You may know them by one of their various names: sill cock, wall hydrant, spigot, garden hose faucet, lawn faucet, wall tap,...