Saturday, September 7, 2024

Codes & Standards

Has Common Sense Left the Building?

I just got off the phone with a contractor demanding to know what code section, in either the Uniform or International Plumbing Code, clearly...

Backflow Prevention and Thermal Mixing Valves

According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...

Drinking Water From the Air

The working group for ASSE 1090, Performance Requirements for Drinking Water Treatment Devices Using Air as a Source, has nearly completed a comprehensive health...

ASSE Certified Water Heaters

The ASSE International Product Listing Program can now certify water heaters with integral water temperature safety controls to ASSE’s new suite of water heater...

ASSE International Publishes Suite of Product Standards for Water Heaters with...

ASSE International has published three new product performance standards for water heaters with integral water temperature safety controls. ASSE 1082-2018, Performance Requirements for Water Heaters with...

New ASSE Professional Qualifications Standard for Legionella Water Management Specialists

ASSE International, in collaboration with Special Pathogens Laboratory, is developing a new professional qualifications standard. This standard will define the general knowledge requirements for conducting...

Working Group Forming to Revise ASSE Series 7000

ASSE International is forming a working group for the revision of ASSE Series 7000, Professional Qualification Standard for Residential Potable Water Fire...

2018 Edition of ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 6000 Now Available

ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 6000-2018, Professional Qualifications Standard for Medical Gas Systems Personnel, has been designated as an American National Standard by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)...

Commercial Water Treatment Equipment

The working group for ASSE 1087, Performance Requirements for Commercial and Food Service Water Treatment Equipment Utilizing Drinking Water, has completed a comprehensive health...

Under One Umbrella

Each year, the product certification department receives more and more requests to certify products to additional non-ASSE standards, such as NSF 61: Drinking Water...