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...
ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000-2018 Now Available
ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000-2018, Professional Qualifications Standard for Infection Control Risk Assessment for All Building Systems, has been approved by the American National Standards Institute...
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...
Infection Control & Backflow Quiz
According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...
How ASSE 12000 Meets the Motto “Prevention Rather Than Cure”
In 1906, Henry B. Davis and some 25 plumbing inspectors from cities across the United States gathered in a meeting hall in...
Legionella Prevention
Stephen Covey probably never thought his iconic phrase, "Begin with the end in mind," would be applied to a public health problem....
Clarifying ASSE 12000 Scopes
At ASSE International headquarters, we receive calls and correspondence from people not certain of the differences within ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000-2021, Professional Qualifications...
Significant Increase In Legionellosis From Building Water Systems
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), during the period between 2000 and 2018, the rate of reported cases...
Protection and Responsibilities of the Essential Trades Worker
Thankfully, we are heading towards the end of a very contagious pandemic. Vaccines are being distributed and administered as quickly as possible....
Water Management and Risk Assessment Teams: A Collective Group of Superheroes
I wasn’t an avid reader of comic books when I was a child, but like most kids I had a general knowledge...