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...
Temperature Control Devices
Safety is a main focus of this edition of Working Pressure. One category of safety equipment used in plumbing systems are those...
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...
Clarifying ASSE 12000 Scopes
At ASSE International headquarters, we receive calls and correspondence from people not certain of the differences within ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000-2021, Professional Qualifications...
What’s the Difference Between ASSE 1017 and ASSE 1070?
As my colleague Terry Burger mentioned in his article, "Temperature Control Devices," devices that are certified to ASSE 1017, Temperature Actuated Mixing...
New EPA WaterSense Draft Specification – Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems
Reverse Osmosis (RO) is the process of purifying water by using a semi-permeable membrane and water pressure. It is used by...
Certification News and Updates
ASSE staff and technical committees are constantly reviewing ways to improve our certification exams.
When you make a commitment...
WaterSense to Publish New Efficiency Specification for POU RO Systems
One of the common technologies used for water treatment are Reverse Osmosis systems. (From this point forward referred to RO.) The EPA...
ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000-2021: Ensuring Proper Training and Qualifications for Water Management...
A Growing Public Health Threat. Research shows there has been a marked increase in recent years of Legionnaires’ Disease (LD) in the...
Fire Protection Backflow Testing
Is the testing of backflow prevention assemblies on fire systems different than testing the backflow prevention assemblies on domestic water systems?...