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...
Backflow Prevention & Water Treatment
According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...
Water Unleashed Into Greater Chicago’s McCook Reservoir for First Time
For the first time, water came gushing into the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's (MWRD's) McCook Reservoir Thursday, demonstrating a fully functioning...
Water Treatment Standards
I have several posters on display in my office — some of which were contenders in the World Plumbing Council’s 2011 International Student Poster...
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,...
Plumbing Repair Guidance for Sustainable Wastewater Systems
The primarily Black residents of Lowndes County, Ala., have long suffered from substandard sanitation, sewage backup and broken plumbing. Today, more...
ASSE LEC #2004 to ASSE Standard #1090
ASSE International Listing Evaluation Criteria (LEC) provides manufacturers with an avenue to certify unique, novel products that do not fit the scope of an...
Reverse Osmosis Water Efficiency
ASSE International recently published ASSE 1086, Performance Requirements for Reverse Osmosis Water Efficiency – Drinking Water. The standard was developed in response to the...
Drinking Water Treatment Product Testing
The types of drinking water treatment units (DWTU) are extremely diverse. The product category covers things from the historic carbon block used to filter...
Water Treatment Equipment Personnel
Keeping in theme with this edition of Working Pressure, I want to cover the progress being made on the development of a new professional...