Codes & Standards

Prevention Rather Than Cure

With things moving toward a new normal and the COVID situation becoming more under control in many areas, we are again on the road...

Drinking Water Treatment Product Testing

The types of drinking water treatment units (DWTU) are extremely diverse. The product category covers things from the historic carbon block used to filter...

Water Treatment Standards

I have several posters on display in my office — some of which were contenders in the World Plumbing Council’s 2011 International Student Poster...

Water Treatment Equipment Personnel

Keeping in theme with this edition of Working Pressure, I want to cover the progress being made on the development of a new professional...

Invisible No More

Infection control has become the new normal for building owners and managers who anticipate a reopening, and ultimately normalization, of building occupancy....

Factory-built Packaged Plumbing and Mechanical Systems

COVID’s impact on moving people out of buildings is influencing architects and contractors to plan how to bring people back in. There...

Medical Gas Resiliency

When the pandemic first hit in the United States in 2020, hospitals began to see an influx of patients requiring respiration assistance....

Safety of Buildings & Occupants

For 115 years, ASSE International has been bringing the industry together to improve the performance and reliability of products and professionals. By working together,...

Our Crucial Work Continues

As the year closes, it is time to reflect on the activities of 2021. Despite all the challenges of 2021, the realm of standards...

2021 RP/DC Revisions

There are many types of backflow protection devices and assemblies – each is designed for a specific application – but the most prominent of...