CURRENT ISSUE

January – March 2024

The current issue of Working Pressure is the Health, Safety, and Water Quality Issue. This issue includes articles about water management and risk assessment teams, an increase in Legionellosis from building water systems, Legionella prevention in showers through point-of-use filtration, solving difficult water and sanitation challenges around the world, and more.

View the electronic flip-book edition of the issue by clicking the cover. You may also browse the individual articles below.

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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 of who the main superheroes were. Movies are where I...

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 of Legionellosis increased 900% in the United States, with thousands...

Legionella Prevention In Showers Through Point-Of-Use Filtration

There are many benefits associated with showers regarding relaxation and comfort, but they also pose a potential health risk regarding Legionella bacteria proliferation in the shower. Legionella is a harmful infection that...

Solving Difficult Water And Sanitation Challenges Around The World

As the nonprofit foundation of The IAPMO Group, the International Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Foundation (IWSH) leverages industry-leading plumbing expertise to solve the most difficult water and sanitation challenges. In 2023, IWSH...

REGULARS

Mixing Valves

They say time flies when you are having fun, and I sometimes find it hard to believe that I am rapidly approaching...

Health, Safety, & Water Quality

As we navigate the complex challenges of our time, ASSE remains steadfast in its commitment to safeguarding public health, promoting safety, and...

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...

First Quarter Update

Congress remained in session through the end of 2023 and resumed in January with a busy schedule further complicated by election-year politics....

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,...

Ten Questions With … Joe Cooper

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...

Is Change a Good Thing?

As with so many questions we ask in the cross-connection industry, there are both simple and complicated answers to this question. The...

1″ Febco Model 860

Question: I have a 1" Febco model 860 reduced pressure principal assembly that is dripping from the relief valve and needs to be repaired. Can...

How Products Get Certified

My colleague Terry Burger has written about the relationship between codes and standards. The goal of this article is to help people...

Codes & Standards: What’s the Difference?

Codes and standards are two important aspects of establishing the national infrastructure, yet the two are often confused. The fact that many...

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...