Legionella: Complex and Difficult
In 1979, ASSE New York Chapter member Richard H. Toder, FASSE, wrote a report for the ASSE Legionnaires’ Disease Task Group explaining ASSE’s involvement...
Legionella Prevention and Codes
It’s a sign that a topic is going mainstream when it becomes cited in the model codes. Unfortunately, Legionella prevention has broken that barrier...
PFAS Getting a Lot of Attention
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances cover a list of thousands of synthetic chemicals that are known to be persistent in the environment and in...
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 Standard by...
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 the American...
Recommended Installation Practices for Residential Storage Type Water Heaters to Reduce...
A little more than nine years ago, the ASSE International Board of Directors formed the Scald Awareness Task Group with this purpose in mind:...
Water Heaters Used for Temperature Control
A key, long-standing assumption is being upset in the codes: these water heaters can control final POU water temperature.
Standards are the final stopping point...
Illinois Code Update
All politics is local. On a national level, model codes are heavily debated and managed in a detailed manner. However, local adoption and modification...
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...
Backflow Prevention and Thermal Mixing Valves
According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...