Water Quality

Backflow Prevention and Water Quality 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...

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...

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...

Why Are Products Certified?

One of the biggest driving forces to certification is regulatory requirements. If a government regulation exists that prohibits the legal sale of a product...