ASSE 1055 Chemical Dispensers
When it comes to a lack of understanding in the cross-connection control world, I don’t think there is another product that is as misunderstood...
Plan Pit Stops for Your Test Kit
Backflow prevention test kits are designed to provide many years of trouble-free service. Maintenance and care are required in order for the test kits...
New Technologies in Backflow Prevention
If It Ain’t Broke …
When it comes to emerging digital technologies, backflow prevention probably isn’t first to pop in your head. As plumbing professionals,...
Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?
During a recent car trip, “Once in a Lifetime” by seminal New York band Talking Heads came on the radio. I always liked their...
Legionella Prevention
Stephen Covey probably never thought his iconic phrase, "Begin with the end in mind," would be applied to a public health problem. The end...
Recommended Installation Practices for Residential Storage Type Water Heaters to Reduce the Danger of...
A little more than nine years ago, the ASSE International Board of Directors formed the Scald Awareness Task Group with this purpose in mind:...
Water Heaters Used for Temperature Control
A key, long-standing assumption is being upset in the codes: these water heaters can control final POU water temperature.
Standards are the final stopping point...
Bringing Safe Drinking Water to Navajo Nation
Prewitt, New Mexico, resident Marie Jones has never had running water in the house her father built, despite repeated pleas for help. But thanks...
The Impact of Proper Water Testing and Pipe Sizing
Today, water treatment is more important than ever. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), approximately one fifth of all United...
Proposition 65
Many consumers nationwide can recite from memory the common warning phrase, “This product contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer...