Codes & Standards

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,...

Better People Make Better Water

Potable plumbing and sewage infrastructure is the hallmark of a civilized society. Water has a pivotal influence on health, happiness, and wellbeing....

Automatically Regenerable Point of Entry Nitrate Reduction System

Nitrate levels, in all water worldwide, are rising due to the use of inorganic fertilizers. Nitrate concentrations are also rising in ground...

True Point of Entry Reverse Osmosis (RO) Systems

Over the last eight years, HANS Premium Water has been working on developing many different variations of water filtration systems with the...

ASSE / IAPMO Water Treatment Standards and the Codes

Over the past seven years, the water treatment industry has been working closely with ASSE International and the International Association of Plumbing...

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....

Factory-built Packaged Plumbing and Mechanical Systems

COVID’s impact on moving people out of buildings is influencing architects and contractors to plan how to bring people back in. There...

Medical Gas Resiliency

When the pandemic first hit in the United States in 2020, hospitals began to see an influx of patients requiring respiration assistance....

Raising the Standard

Innovative technology and advanced new product development in water temperature control have delivered hardware and software that enable those responsible for hot...

Still Confused About Water Temperature Control Devices?

A little over five years ago, an article titled “When Will the Confusion End?” was published in ASSE’s former publication, Backflow Prevention...