Water Quality

When people hear the phrase hard water, their imagination sometimes runs wild. You might think that if you spilled a cup of hard water,...

In busy urban healthcare centers, safe water is as essential as medicine — yet it is often taken for granted until something fails. A...

In an era of heightened scrutiny over water use, especially for industrial and commercial uses such as data centers, water reuse is more relevant...

As a follow up to an article in Issue 1 2025 of Working Pressure, there’s good news to report regarding the U.S. EPA’s WaterSense...

I recall learning about Mary Mallon, aka Typhoid Mary, back in my school days. Mary worked at the beginning of the 20th century as...

Last year, I outlined the updates introduced in the 2025 revision of ASSE 1086, Performance Requirements for Reverse Osmosis Water Efficiency – Drinking Water....

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

For this edition of Working Pressure magazine, I would like to discuss three standards that are not familiar to many people and whose applications...

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

In 2024, more plumbing products became eligible to earn the WaterSense® label, giving plumbing engineers and designers a variety of options to help their...