Ten Questions With … Don Sweeten

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...

Take the Extra Step

Regulations. Everyone hates regulations until they see a need for them. As a plumber for more than 30 years, I have been trained and...

4” Febco Model 850 DCA

Question: I will be replacing the check discs on a 4” Febco model 850 DCA. Can you give me some ideas on how to repair...

Quiz: Backflow Prevention and Rainwater Harvesting

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

Ten Questions With … Paul Hanus

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...

Seal Control Board

Did you know that every product that ASSE International certifies must be individually reviewed and balloted by the ASSE Seal Control Board (SCB)? SCB...

Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation is the concept that, through utilizing “a friend of a friend” statement, everyone in the world is connected by six...

New Membrane Technology

Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a technology used by the drinking water treatment industry to improve water quality by utilizing a semipermeable membrane to remove...

Love the Work You Do

This may sound hard to believe, but I truly love my job. I am seldom home and spend most of my time traveling to...

Rainwater Catchment Systems Personnel

ASSE International’s professional qualifications certification programs have been very busy in the last few months. In addition to managing the nearly 18,000 current certifications...