Backflow and Fire Protection 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,...
Backflow Prevention and Water Quality Issues
The installation of backflow prevention protection is an important part of internally maintaining the water quality within a facility through the use of isolation...
2″ Watts Model 909M1
Question:
I am working on a 2” Watts Model 909M1 assembly. The unit has failed the test and I want to replace the rubber parts....
Backflow and Infection Control 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,...
Hey, Archimedes! What’s the Big Deal with RPs and Pumps?
I’ve seen wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth whenever the subject of pumps and reduced pressure principle backflow preventers (RPs) is...
Hospital Backflow Prevention
Today’s complex potable water “production” and distribution systems continue to make significant contributions in helping to sustain the utility and comfort of...
The Evolution of Backflow Prevention Design
With any type of evolution, whether by nature or a technical evolution by man, there are certain driving forces that actually “get...
ASSE One Year Field Test (1YT)
ASSE International is pleased to announce the nation’s first and only ANSI- and SCC-accredited One Year Field Test (1YT) program for backflow prevention assemblies....
Backflow Standards Activity
In keeping with its motto, “Prevention Rather Than Cure,” ASSE International is in the final stage of review and publication of four of its...
ASSE Series 5000 Revision
Each year I look forward to the annual backflow issue of Working Pressure magazine. Backflow prevention is what ASSE is best known for and...