Uponor North America now offers a PEX purple pipe in sizes up to 2” for commercial and residential reclaimed water applications. 

tekmar now offers 2-zone and 3-zone pumps, as well as 3-zone and 5-zone valves.

The Noritz NWCC Wi-Fi adapter is an organized, web-based dashboard and alarm system that gives property managers and maintenance technicians full online control over their commercial tankless water heater systems, Noritz says. 

Viega’s three-piece ball valves now are available for its MegaPress carbon and stainless steel pressing systems.

Radiant heating can often be a hard sell when uneducated potential customers have an unrealistic expectation of the installed costs. 

Although I’ve worked with hydronic heating for four decades, and designed systems around just about every possible heat source, I would be hard pressed to predict what might be available as hydronic heat sources 25 years from now.  

Alfred Fico, owner of All Clear Plumbing and Drains in Succasunna, New Jersey, recognizes the importance of having a condensate pump for a combination (combi) condensing boiler. 

Plumbing Manufacturers International recently announced the election of Joel Smith as president of the 2020 PMI Board of Directors

If you are into baseball and its fascinating inner workings as I am (By the way, how about the Nationals?), I would recommend checking out two recent books: “The MVP Machine” by Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik, and “Astroball” by Ben Reiter.

Preparations are already underway to ensure that the 2020 Emerging Water Technology Symposium (EWTS), to be held May 12-13, 2020, at the Westin Riverwalk in San Antonio, is the most comprehensive and informative event since the symposium debuted in 2008.