Backflow Prevention and Infection Control
According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...
Recommended Installation Practices for Residential Storage Type Water Heaters to Reduce...
A little more than nine years ago, the ASSE International Board of Directors formed the Scald Awareness Task Group with this purpose...
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.
Backflow Prevention and Thermal Mixing Valves
According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...
ASSE International Publishes Fifth Scald Awareness White Paper
ASSE International has published its fifth scald awareness white paper, Recommended Installation Practices for Residential Storage Type Water Heaters to Reduce the...
New ASSE Professional Qualifications Standard for Legionella Water Management Specialists
ASSE International, in collaboration with
Special Pathogens Laboratory, is developing a new professional qualifications
standard. This standard will define the general knowledge requirements for
conducting...
Improving Water Quality
In some way or another, everyone who works in the plumbing or piping industry deals with water on a regular basis. Everyone, no matter...
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...
Understanding the NSF/ANSI 53 Water Filtration Performance Standard
Throughout the United States, multiple reports about elevated lead levels found in drinking water in homes, schools, and businesses have emerged. Consumers can protect...
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...