Make This a Starting Point
Happy fourth quarter of 2020. For those of you who have been wishing that this unusual and challenging year would just end … well,...
Changes to Infection Control Standards
It seems like only yesterday that ASSE International was announcing the completion of the revision to the ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Series 12000, Professional Qualification Standard for...
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...
A Perfect Fit for ASSE’s Mission
In 2017, the ASSE International (ASSE) Board of Directors accepted IAPMO’s request to manage the Water Systems product certification program. Because the Water Systems...
ASSE Continues WSC Partnership
Private water wells and small, shared wells serve more than 13 million households nationwide. Yet, this is an important area of residential water supply...
2020 Standards Activity
The year 2020 has been year abounding with uncertainty, disruption, and challenges. Despite this chaos, the 2020 product standards activities have managed to be...
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....
Ten Questions With … Joseph Franks
In each issue of Working Pressure, we ask 10 questions to a training coordinator or instructor of an ASSE-approved training provider. Some questions are...
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,...
EPA Final Lead Free Ruling
On Sept. 1, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final regulation on the “Use of Lead-Free Pipes, Fittings, Fixtures, Solder and...