Quickly-embraced thermostatic mixing-valve standard has become watered down.

ASSE 1004-2017: Performance Requirements for Commercial Dishwashing Machines has been designated as an American National Standard for the American National Standards Institute.

ASSE 1055-2016: Performance Requirements for Chemical Dispensing Systems, was designated as an American National Standard by ANSI and is available for purchase.

In October, ASSE International and Plumbers Without Borders launched a “Plumbing Term of the Day” campaign where every workday an industry term and its definition will be published on ASSE’s blog, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn social media sites.

Chemical dispensers require special attention to details.

Plumbing Manufacturers International recently announced its new committee chairs for the Water Efficiency and Sustainability Committee and Fair Trade Committee. Kohler’s Senior Staff Environmental Engineer Jeff Zeman was appointed PMI Committee co-chair of the Water Efficiency and Sustainability Committee and will serve alongside Danny Gleiberman of Sloan Valve.

Building Safety Month, sponsored by the International Code Council, is a public awareness campaign.

The Scald Awareness Task Group for ASSE International is looking for members to develop an educational white paper to promote the necessity of properly setting limit stops on devices that limit temperature.