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Project: This project is a 12-story high-rise residential building. Each unit has 1 1/2 baths, one kitchen sink, one clothes washer and one laundry.

As a backpacker, the most important item I carry in my backpack is water. I start each morning of a hike with three liters of water; two in my bladder and one in my bottle. The water bottle looks like any typical water bottle that people carry.

Did you know there is a specification for water leak detection products that protects your customers’ home or business from damage caused by leaking pipes?

There are four remaining state-written plumbing codes used in the United States. You could say that the remaining four states are just stubborn. Maybe they think they do it better than the model plumbing codes, but they don’t.

The committees intend to present the agreement  to the appropriate ASHRAE approving bodies at the upcoming ASHRAE conference at AHR Expo in Atlanta.

The code-writing organizations are currently finalizing the 2021 edition of the Plumbing Code, which may be adopted in your state or local jurisdiction by 2023. That is how far in advance hot subjects that are being discussed now wait before becoming law.

Found in materials like concrete, tile, rock, stone and brick, exposure to silica dust can be a major cause of lung cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease in America’s skilled trades.

ASSE 1087's scope includes plumbed-in water treatment devices and components.

The water quality limits provide recommended ranges on 13 different parameters of water quality.

The organization elected its new officers during the group’s first-ever Leadership Forum.