CURRENT ISSUE

October – December 2024

The current issue of Working Pressure is the Codes & Regulations Issue. This issue includes articles about training for foam fire protection, building management systems and fire protection monitoring, domestic backflow prevention assemblies vs fire protection assemblies, and more.

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FEATURES

Preparing For Hydrogen: A New Era In Fuel Gas Piping

The clean energy transition is picking up speed, and hydrogen is ready to play a leading role. As a fuel option, hydrogen can significantly cut carbon emissions and presents exciting possibilities for...

Is The Job Finished?

If you think the job of establishing strong cross-connection programs in the United States is finished, you are wrong. If you think the job of establishing a strong cross-connection program in your...

ASSE and the Codes

Code season is upon us — as if it ever ends — and ASSE has once again been actively involved, representing our motto, “Prevention Rather Than Cure,” to the code community and...

Significant Increase In Legionellosis From Building Water Systems

Because of reduced water flows, waterborne illnesses associated with building water systems, such as Legionnaires’ disease, have increased significantly in the years since the Energy Policy Act of 1992 began being implemented...

REGULARS

Backflow Prevention and Codes/Standards 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,...

1” ARI Model RP-501

QUESTION:I have a 1” ARI model RP-501. Can you guys give me an overview of this assembly and any tips that...

ASSE 1379

My colleague Terry Burger has written about the efforts to include ASSE’s two newest standards, ASSE 1103, Performance Requirements for Pilot Operated...

ASSE 1103, ASSE 1379 & Codes

Typically, when writing articles for this feature, I talk about new standards and detail the requirements found within. Or I might discuss...

EPA PFAS Guidelines

IAPMO has an internal newsletter that includes a regular feature about our employees’ interesting hobbies. The two most recent employee spotlights featured...

Fourth Quarter Update

It was just election season and political ads were playing in full force in homes across the nation. It is no wonder...

A Position Of Growth

It is a tremendous honor to be elected international president of ASSE. I am very grateful and humbled for this opportunity. I...

Ten Questions With … Gregory Beck

In each issue of Working Pressure, we ask 10 questions to a training coordinator or instructor of an ASSE-approved training provider....

Backflow Tester Program Year in Review

With the end of the year approaching, it is a good time to reflect on what has happened and consider what the...