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First Annual National Backflow Prevention Day, August 16
IAPMO and ASSE International Publish Chemical Dispensers Standard for U.S. and Canada
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Bay County, FL Adopts Ordinance Requiring Backflow Preventors on Irrigation Systems
26 Apr 2019
Posted by Sean Cleary 
The last serval weeks have filled my time with meetings concerning the cross‐connection control industry. The first week of April had me in Mokena, Illinois for the ASSE‐International Mid‐Year Meeting. As a long‐standing member and former chairman of the ASSE Cross‐Connection Control Technical...
Read more → 14 Feb 2019
Posted by Sean Cleary 
What is the definition of hot water? According to the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code, hot water is: Water at a temperature exceeding or equal to 120-degree Fahrenheit or 49 degree Celsius. That seems straight forward and simple. The minimum or maximum temperature of water is something that has become topic...
Read more → 11 Feb 2019
Posted by Sean Cleary 
What a crazy world we are living in. It is now day thirty in the government shutdown. No matter what your politics is, I think we can all agree that this is something that should not be happening, and truth be told, should never happen. This is what happens when people lack the ability to work together...
Read more → 08 Feb 2019
Posted by Sean Cleary 
The testing of backflow prevention assemblies is something almost everyone working in the plumbing, mechanical, or water industry agrees is a necessary part of the protection the water supply. All three model plumbing codes state that assemblies should be tested when installed, when repaired, when relocated,...
Read more → 28 Nov 2018
Posted by Sean Cleary 
There are events in a person's life that causes you to stop and reconsider your priorities and look at things in a different way. We live in a busy ever-changing world and in many ways a society that becomes more polarized each day. For my wife and I one of these events was the birth of our first grandchild....
Read more → 28 Nov 2018
Posted by Sean Cleary 
An often-asked question when I speak to industry groups or receive calls from people in the field is "what are the requirements for containment of point of service protection within the plumbing code?" In truth the code does not address containment protection. Plumbing codes deal with cross-connection...
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