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Plumbing

Bringing High Tech to Water Conservation

Water-monitoring program helps Santa Fe restaurants reduce water waste.

June 4, 2019

Steve Smith

Leak detection grows as crucial concerns over water conservation and home insurance protection increase.

Feature

Don’t Let Your Energy Go Down the Drain

Using Sewage Wastewater Energy Exchange to heat and cool buildings by capturing and re-using expended energy.

June 4, 2019

As much as 40 percent to 50 percent of a building’s energy is contained in sewage and literally goes down the drain every day.

The Future is Now

Is America’s Drinking Water Safe?

Aging infrastructure is putting our drinking water at risk.

June 4, 2019

BF Nagy

There are two good reasons readers should be asking if our drinking water is safe. The obvious one is the responsibility we share to create healthy communities for our families and ourselves.

Morgan Miller Plumbing Announces Fundraiser for the Misunni Water Project

June 3, 2019

Attendees will be able to partake in an item auction, professional headshots, chair massages, an open bar, and more in order raise money for the project, which seeks to deliver clean water to schoolchildren living in Machakos County, Kenya, this August.

EPA Publishes Proposed Perchlorate Drinking Water Regulation

May 24, 2019

Perchlorate is a component of rocket fuel, fireworks and some food packaging.

New WQA President Stephen J. Ver Strat to Lead Relocation Efforts

May 23, 2019

Ver Strat is prepared to lead the industry association through a challenging year – a year that will see WQA begin the process of relocating its International Headquarters and Laboratory.

Community Plumbing Challenge Navajo Mountain Project Set for June 3-7

Prominent Organizations Pledge Support for Community Plumbing Challenge Navajo Mountain

May 21, 2019

Ferguson, Milwaukee Tool, WinSupply, LIXIL and Reliance Worldwide Corporation (RWC) have pledged support, as well as three United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the United States, Canada (UA) chapters.

IAPMO Seeks Technical Subcommittee Members for Development of Z1167 Standard

IAPMO Code Change Monographs Now Available

May 21, 2019

The association has made the 2019 Uniform Solar, Hydronics & Geothermal Code (USHGC) and Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa & Hot Tub Code (USPSHTC) Technical Committee Meeting Monographs available for download.

WQA Study: Households with Children More Likely to Consider Filtration

May 20, 2019

The findings echo the study's overall theme that Americans' concerns about environmental issues affecting their quality of life have grown since the most recent study in 2017.