The 2025 ASSE International Annual Meeting, co-located with IAPMO and ARCSA International, was successful and I hope all that attended gained valuable information, made some new contacts, and participated in the committee meetings of their choice. Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support! If you were unable to attend this year’s Annual Meeting, consider attending the 2026 ASSE International Mid-Year Meeting in St. Louis at UA Local 562, an industry leading training facility. I want to say thank you to staff for all their dedication to the industry and making these events run smoothly.
This issue of Working Pressure focuses on backflow prevention. Clean water is something that most of us take for granted — we turn on the tap and safe drinking water is there. But few people realize how vulnerable our water supply is to backflow incidents. Thank the licensed and certified professionals in our industry for protecting our water supply from such risks. ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 5000, Cross-Connection Control Professional Qualifications Standard, is the backbone of ASSE professional qualifications standards. Backflow prevention assemblies, devices, and methods are only as good as those that install, maintain, and test them. ASSE International ensures there is a stringent standard setting the minimum qualification for backflow protection professionals, kept up to date by a committee composed of the best in the business.
