Backflow Prevention Product Standards

As an engineering student at North Carolina State University, I recall the first time I was ever introduced to the concept of backflow. I...

ASSE 1069, 1070 & 1071

For this edition of Working Pressure magazine, I would like to discuss three standards that are not familiar to many people and whose applications...

Construction Risk Assessment Qualifications for Engineers, Designers, Inspectors and Commissioning Agents

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI/CAN Series 12000-2024, Professional Qualification Standard for Water Management and Infection Control Risk Assessment for Building Systems, first developed in 2015, addresses professionals working...

The Anatomy of an ASSE International Standard

But first a little history… Even during the Middle Ages, an era bookended by the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century...

Water Heaters

With this issue of Working Pressure focusing on safety, I thought it would be a good time to revisit a topic previously discussed back...

Building Qualification Competency Through Standards Development

Change is the only constant in life and, ironically, it's also the thing people hate the most. We’ll update our phones every week but...

Celebrating the Leadership and Impact of Two ASSE International Board Members

In this edition of Working Pressure, we’ll be shinning a light on the remarkable journeys and contributions of Brianne Hall and Doreen Cannon, two...

Medical Gas Design and the ASSE 6060

With the publication of the ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 6000-2021, Professional Qualifications Standard for Medical Gas Systems Personnel, we saw the creation of the new ASSE...

Water Efficiency in RO Water Treatment Systems

Reverse osmosis (RO) systems help to eliminate a wide spectrum of harmful contaminates from water. Historically, however, ROs have shown to be one of...

ASSE 1086

Reverse osmosis (RO) systems help to eliminate a wide spectrum of harmful contaminates from water. Historically, however, ROs have shown to be one of...