Health & Safety

PFAS and Water Quality

The dawn of PFAS awareness is upon us! It is hard to have a discussion on water quality here in Washington, D.C....

The Many Steps of a Cross-Connection Survey

There are many parts to a successful cross-connection control program. The installation, testing, and maintenance of backflow prevention protection is one of...

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...

Legionella: Complex and Difficult

In 1979, ASSE New York Chapter member Richard H. Toder, FASSE, wrote a report for the ASSE Legionnaires’ Disease Task Group explaining ASSE’s involvement...

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...

Ten Questions With … Jason Fernandes

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...

Training, Legionella

Our world has changed so much in the last few months. It feels more like a decade than a matter of four months. Fortunately,...

Temperature Control Devices

Safety is a main focus of this edition of Working Pressure. One category of safety equipment used in plumbing systems are those...

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.

ASSE International Publishes Sixth Scald Awareness White Paper

ASSE International has published its sixth scald awareness white paper, Recommended Installation Practices for Residential Tankless Water Heaters to Reduce the Danger...