Product Certification

ASSE 1003 vs ASSE 1103

My colleague Terry Burger has written in detail about ASSE’s newest standard, ASSE 1103, Performance Requirements for Pilot Operated Water Pressure Reducing...

Harmonized Standards & Certified Products

My colleague Terry Burger has written in detail about ASSE’s latest efforts to harmonize performance standards. Often the question asked is, “How...

How Products Get Certified

My colleague Terry Burger has written about the relationship between codes and standards. The goal of this article is to help people...

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...

ASSE One Year Field Test (ASSE 1YT ®) Trademark Granted

ASSE International was recently granted a Certificate of Registration for the ASSE One Year Field Test (ASSE 1YT®) certification mark by the...

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...

How Do Harmonized Standards Affect Product Listings?

My colleague Terry Burger has written in detail about the evolution and benefits of writing harmonized standards (see pages 10-12). Often the...

Keeping Up With Technology

Innovation has been described as making necessary changes to meet customers’ needs. In the world of plumbing, we’ve seen a significant amount...

ASSE Certified Hydrants

My colleague, Terry Burger, has written about the confusion over hydrant backflow protection, as well as the differences in the various devices,...

Testing Reverse Osmosis Water Efficiency

As the problem of water scarcity and water quality continues to plague the world, more and more people are turning to reverse...