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IAPMO Certification Announces Online FLEX Testing Option

September 24, 2018

FLEX allows students who have pushed off testing because of busy schedules or remote locations to earn credentials that will help take their careers to the next level.

Plumbing Manufacturers International Expresses Disappointment with Decision to Impose Tariffs

September 21, 2018

The 10 percent duties will hurt job creation, offset tax cuts, and result in higher costs for consumers, association states.

IAPMO Signs MOA with Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration

September 18, 2018

Partnership will collaborate on a program of activities to increase U.S. plumbing exports to Southeast Asia.

Geberit Participates in UA Instructor Training

September 10, 2018

The UA Instructor Training Program is a 200- or 120-hour certificate program exclusively for instructors who are members of the United Association.

NFPA Issues Statement on Code Copyright Ruling

September 10, 2018

The Appeals Court did not adopt PRO’s argument that publishing standard development organizations’ codes and standards in whole is permitted whenever a jurisdiction anywhere incorporates a standard by reference.

Feature

IAPMO Conference Breaks the Code

The City of Brotherly Love will play host to a crucial IAPMO Conference.

September 10, 2018

This year’s conference will prove to be importance to UPC and UMC Codes.

Registration Opens for the 2019 ASHRAE Winter Conference

September 6, 2018

Registration for the conference provides entry to the co-sponsored AHR Expo, to be held Jan. 14–16 at the Georgia World Congress Center.

IAPMO Solicits Public Comments for 2021 UPC, UMC

September 4, 2018

Deadline to give recommendations set for early 2019.

Collaborative Health Care Design

U.S.-German Chlorination Assessment

Open your mind to how other parts of the world treat their drinking water.

August 30, 2018

John Gregory

When involved in a collaborative, international health care project, it is best to set aside what you know and open your mind to how other parts of the world treat their drinking water. Take what you have learned and evaluate it to see if the processes can be applied elsewhere.

Code Classroom

Water Quality Standards & Legislation

A look at how the U.S. and other countries protect drinking water for their citizens.

August 27, 2018

Ron George

Safe drinking water is a precious commodity. Yet there are no universally recognized and accepted international standards for drinking water. Even where standards do exist and are applied, the number, types and permitted concentrations of contaminants covered may vary significantly from one standard to another.