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By Jed Scheuermann

Promises Kept for Alabama Families
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Pandemic-Delayed Community Plumbing Challenge Delivers at Last for Long-Neglected Community.

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By Nora DePalma

IWSH Partners Pull Together for Alabama CPC
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With $50 billion in federal funding allotted to water and sanitation projects, IWSH demonstrates the formula to ensure the most effective distribution where it’s needed most.

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Story by Mike Flenniken

‘There’s Definitely a Place in the Trades for Women’
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Texas plumbing instructor Debbie Vukovich is helping women and men create careers through education and mentorship.

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Understanding Certified Products and Why They Matter to Consumers

August 12, 2022 • Column • Views: 22

Product certification, which includes product listing and labeling, is essential in the plumbing industry. This helps protect the public’s health and safety. Third- party certification agencies ensure the products that bear a certification mark have met the industry standards and plumbing codes that include critical safety...

Touchless Fixtures Top Office Workers’ List for Safer Restrooms

August 12, 2022 • Column • Views: 6

NEARLY FOUR IN FIVE SURVEYED STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF TOUCH-FREE OPTIONS IN THEIR OFFICE Installing touchless fixtures is the best way to make employees feel safer when using workplace restrooms, a survey of office workers has found. The Healthy Handwashing Survey, from restroom equipment manufacturer Bradley Corp., asked 1,035...

Plumbing Professional Engineers’ View on the ANSI vs. Governmental Process

August 12, 2022 • Column • Views: 2

Definition: 2.1.1 Governmental: A Governmental Member shall be a governmental unit, department or agency engaged in the administration, formulation, implementation or enforcement of laws, ordinances, rules or regulations relating to the public health, safety and welfare. Each Governmental Member shall designate its Primary Representative...

WaterSense Faucets Save More Than You’d Think

August 9, 2022 • Column • Views: 4

According to current estimates, U.S. households contain 222 million lavatory faucets, a number to which approximately 17 million new faucets are added annually either as new installations or replacements. More than 1.1 trillion gallons of water pass through these faucets each year, accounting for slightly less than 16 percent of all...

Broadening Indonesian Market Access for Environmentally Friendly Products Through Ecolabeling Certification

July 6, 2022 • Column • Product Certification • Views: 2

The Indonesian people’s awareness of environmentally friendly products is steadily increasing thanks to the Ministry of Environment and Forestry’s adoption of the Green Public Procurement. This ministry launched the ecolabeling program- based SNI, a standard for environmentally friendly products, on June 5, 2004, to coincide with...

Which Drinking Water Enhancement is Best Suited for You?

July 6, 2022 • Column • Views: 3

NOT ALL FILTRATION DEVICES OPERATE THE SAME WAY NOR PROVIDE THE SAME TYPE OF ENHANCEMENT For a large portion of the population in the United States, drinking water is an easy choice, not a thought really; they simply grab a glass, gather the refreshing liquid straight from the tap and call it a day. While …...

PILC Meeting Brings Together Industry Leaders to Address Challenges, Opportunities

July 6, 2022 • Column • Views: 3

Just like for the Emerging Water Technology Symposium (EWTS), San Antonio provided the first opportunity for the Plumbing Industry Leadership Coalition (PILC) to meet in person since 2018. PILC’s annual meetings typically coincide with the EWTS in even years, but the 2020 meeting was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Formed...

Plumbing Industry Leaders Address Key Trends, Issues at 2022 EWTS

June 28, 2022 • Column • Events • Views: 6

FIRST IN-PERSON EVENT SINCE 2018 FOCUSES ON SAFETY AND RESILIENCE OF PLUMBING SYSTEMS AND AMERICA’S DRINKING WATER The seventh Emerging Water Technology Symposium returned as an in-person event for the first time in four years, bringing together industry, manufacturing, water utility and government leaders from around the world. A...

Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships to Deliver Clean Water and Safe Sanitation

June 23, 2022 • Column • IWSH • Views: 8

What is the best way for a town to maximize the historic 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to secure safe drinking water and sanitation for all Americans? The numbers are breathtaking. More than 2.2 million people in the United States lack this basic human right. The infrastructure investment is our chance to right those...

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CEO Message

July 11, 2022 • President's Message • Views: 6

I’ll See You in September, in Charlotte, in Person

Hello, IAPMO members and fellow plumbing and mechanical industry partners.The board, staff and I very much look forward to seeing all of...

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July 11, 2022 • Chief Executive Officer • Views: 11

Return to New Normal Raises Anticipation for Education and Business Conference

As I write, preparations for IAPMO’s 93rd annual Education and Business Conference — our first in-person conference since 2019 — are...

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Industry News

September 7, 2022 • Industry News • Views: 2

An Incomparable Spirit

Kohler Co. Executive Chairman Herbert V. Kohler Jr. Passes Away at 83...

August 16, 2022 • Industry News • Views: 7

IAPMO Partners with Pfister on ‘American Plumber Stories’

Ontario, Calif. — In service to its longstanding commitment to promoting the trades and the...

August 16, 2022 • Code News • Industry News • Views: 9

Report on Comments Toward Development of 2024 UPC, UMC Now Available for Online Download

The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), developer of the...

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