Codes & Standards

With things moving toward a new normal and the COVID situation becoming more under control in many areas, we are again on the road...

According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...

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

Is the testing of backflow prevention assemblies on fire systems different than testing the backflow prevention assemblies on domestic water systems?...

Plumbing is one of the most under-appreciated inventions. Yet, plumbing ranks as one of the greatest innovations to benefit humankind, preceded only by inventions...

Many consumers nationwide can recite from memory the common warning phrase, “This product contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer...

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

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

There are many types of backflow protection devices and assemblies – each is designed for a specific application – but the most prominent of...