The 2024 Uniform Codes will once again be available electronically.

The deadline to submit comments is May 14.

Attendees will still be required to register in order to participate.

No proposals will be accepted after the 5 p.m. PST deadline on Jan. 4, 2021.

Developed and subsequently republished at the conclusion of each three-year code cycle, the UPC and UMC are designed to provide consumers with plumbing, heating and mechanical systems that meet all applicable standards while, at the same time, allowing latitude for innovation and new technologies.

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.

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 goal of my last column was to begin to change the way most plumbers size natural gas distribution systems.

Hugo Aguilar returns following a year-long stint as director of codes and standards for the ASA.