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EPA announces it will maintain WaterSense program specifications

Plumbing Manufacturers International applauds decision

April 8, 2020

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will not make updates or changes to the WaterSense® program specifications, another successful step in IAPMO and its partners’ mission to ensure the program’s long-term viability.

Successfully navigating your business through COVID-19

A business blueprint for surviving the coronavirus pandemic.

Dave Boduch

April 7, 2020

As with everything in life and business, we have a choice to make. Are we going to be impacted by what’s going on around us, or are we going to have an impact on what’s going on around us?

Christoph Lohr: Knowledge expansion

A review of the book “Troubled Water: What’s Wrong With What We Drink.”

Christoph Lohr

April 7, 2020

As plumbing engineers, we need to constantly expand our knowledge to stay current with an ever-changing landscape (especially in today’s world where COVID-19 brings further uncertainty).

5 key bath design trends

Capitalize on the growing bath renovation market by staying on top of the latest trends.

Connie DiBacco

April 7, 2020

While the overall hiring of professional help by consumers has remained stable over the past few years, a growing share of renovating homeowners are hiring professional remodelers and designers who specialize in bathroom upgrades, according to the 2019 U.S. Houzz Bathroom Trends Study.

Omega Flex innovations at work during COVID-19 crisis

April 6, 2020

The field hospital was rapidly constructed to support the ongoing pandemic and relieve other area hospitals of patient overflows.

Increasing awareness of water quality issues prompts growth in water filtration market

Plumbing contractors need to educate consumers on problems and possible solutions.

Nicole Krawcke

April 6, 2020

Consumers have never been more aware of what is in their water than in these last few years following the Flint, Michigan, water crisis.

Dan Holohan: The good doctor’s radiator

It’s a regular heating museum.

Dan Holohan

April 6, 2020

On Oct. 3, 1854, an industrious young man from New Haven, Connecticut, filed U.S. Patent No. 11,747. Stephen J. Gold called his patent “Improvement in Warming Houses by Steam.”

New COVID-19 survey dives deep into business activity during pandemic

April 6, 2020

Greatest concerns center on economy and short-term business effects.

SBA resources available for Coronavirus relief

April 6, 2020

Congress originally passed the CARES Act allocating $350 billion to help small business, but there is likely to be extensive expansions to allocate $377 billion if needed.