Regulars

Working Pressure's regular columns include From the ASSE International President, Product Standards, Professional Development, Water Systems, Thoughts on Cross-Connection Control, Repair Guys, Ten Questions With ..., and Test Pressure.

Health, Safety, & Water Quality

As we navigate the complex challenges of our time, ASSE remains steadfast in its commitment to safeguarding public health, promoting safety, and...

Vital Link Between Water Quality & Well-being

Water is a fundamental resource for life, indispensable for hydration, sanitation, and countless industrial and agricultural processes. However, the quality of water...

Codes & Standards: What’s the Difference?

Codes and standards are two important aspects of establishing the national infrastructure, yet the two are often confused. The fact that many...

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...

Why Are Products Certified?

One of the biggest driving forces to certification is regulatory requirements. If a government regulation exists that prohibits the legal sale of a product...

Mixing Valves

They say time flies when you are having fun, and I sometimes find it hard to believe that I am rapidly approaching...

Is Change a Good Thing?

As with so many questions we ask in the cross-connection industry, there are both simple and complicated answers to this question. The...

First Quarter Update

Congress remained in session through the end of 2023 and resumed in January with a busy schedule further complicated by election-year politics....

1″ Febco Model 860

Question: I have a 1" Febco model 860 reduced pressure principal assembly that is dripping from the relief valve and needs to be repaired. Can...

Ten Questions With … Joe Cooper

In each issue of Working Pressure, we ask 10 questions to a training coordinator or instructor of an ASSE-approved training provider. Some questions are...