ASSE 1087–2018 Commercial and Food Service Water Treatment...

By Thomas Palkon After joining the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) in 2015 from the Water Quality Association (WQA), I began studying the US and international plumbing codes in greater detail. Having […]

COVID-19 from a Water Guy’s Perspective

By Peter S. Cartwright, PE Introduction There’s so much we don’t know about the virus behind this pandemic, but we are learning a little more each day. To the microbiologists, this virus is known as […]

Do’s and Don’ts of Activated Carbon Application

By Gary Battenberg Brief history The ancient Egyptians used charcoal to smelt ores to make bronze, adsorb unpleasant odors, cure intestinal ailments and for use in the preservation of the dead as far back as […]

Communicating in a Crisis

By Wes Bleed Crisis communications is typically the province of public relations professionals, otherwise known as spin doctors, who take a bad news story that threatens the reputation of an organization or individual and somehow […]

Inside the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC)

By Thomas Palkon The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) published the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) in March. As anticipated, the 2021 edition has some significant modifications to the sections covering drinking […]

UVC LED Questions and Answers

By James Peterson UVC LED disinfection is an increasingly popular solution over traditional methods of disinfection in a variety of industries, including healthcare, consumer appliances, food and beverage, and lab water. With UV light, disinfection […]

Environmentally Friendly Water Reuse for Industrial Water Tr...

By Lior Eshed Water scarcity and population growth create increasing pressure on natural water sources and require the development of new, sustainable water sources. As technologies gradually improve, reusing effluent from municipal wastewater plants is […]

Diagnosing Organic Issues Related to Larger RO Operations

By Matthew Wirth Reverse osmosis (RO) machines have unique problems and diagnosis is often an educated guess. Sometimes the problems are obvious, but sometimes the problems are multifaceted with more than a singular issue. The […]

The Modern Service Plan

By Erik Koglin Have you ever gone to a customer’s home to check an error on a water treatment system to find out it only required a few button-pushes? Since you were already there, maybe […]

The Evolution of the Water Conditioning Control Valve

By Gary Battenberg Consumers today who enjoy the benefit of soft or conditioned water for their homes have the advantage of automatic backwash filters and demand-initiated regeneration (DIR) water softeners. These products are manufactured or […]