Articles Tagged with ''lead-free''

Sioux Chief announced that its 2014 no-lead product list, which allows contractors and wholesalers to compare old leaded item numbers with new no-lead item numbers quickly and easily.

Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act to take effect on January 4, 2014.

Webstone’s line of push-connect ball valves and fittings includes six new designs — water connectors, water connectors with ball valve, drop ear elbows, slip couplings, check valves and additional reducing fittings.

Matco-Norca offers new lead-free CPVC brass adapter fittings in time for the federal lead-free mandate.

Legend continues to expand its existing offering of no-lead ball valves.

The Watts Water Technologies family rolled out the proverbial red carpet in June as the company officially cut the ribbon on its new 30,000-sq.-ft. lead-free plumbing products foundry in Franklin, N.H.

 The Plumbing Industry Leadership Coalition met in June to address three topics we’ve discussed in this column in recent months: the federal law on no-lead plumbing products; the next generation of plumbing industry professionals; and the nation’s aging infrastructure. 

 For decades, lead has been used around the world as an essential element in the production of brass and bronze plumbing fittings and fixtures.  

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new facility was held June 21 in Franklin, N.H.