In a past post, we discussed guidelines for portable restrooms in construction sites, specifically the ANSI/PSAI Z4.3-2016 – Sanitation – Nonsewered Waste-Disposal Systems – Minimum […]
Safe, clean water is a prime concern with any population, necessitating the need for standards and regulations to simplify our acquisition of this basic molecule […]
Potassium hydroxide (KOH), produced electrolytically from potassium chloride (2KCl + 2H2O → 2KOH + Cl2↑ + H2↑), is water-soluble, hygroscopic, odorless, corrosive to metals, noncombustible, […]
AWWA C751-2016 – Magnetic Inductive Flowmeters, a new American National Standard developed by the American Water Works Association (AWWA), has been released. As a product […]
Wastewater collection systems are one of the many important, yet often underappreciated, contributors to the sanitary conditions that the average person may take for granted. […]
As summer heat arrives, people turn to pools to cool off. Building a pool in a residential area can be a harrowing process where prospective […]
***Update: NSF/ANSI 60 has been revised. The current version is NSF/ANSI 60-2017.*** As we have discussed in the past, NSF International, an ANSI-accredited standards developing […]
CSA B45.5-17/IAPMO Z124-2017 – Plastic plumbing fixtures has been released. This document, while primarily a revision of the 2011 version of the CSA B45.5-17/IAPMO Z124 […]
***Update: This standard has been revised. The current edition is NSF/ANSI 53-2017: Drinking Water Treatment Units -Health Effects. Of the many processes utilized throughout the delivery […]
The different chemical compounds that fall under the overarching term “lime” – quicklime, hydrated lime (slacked lime), and limestone – are very sharply related, with […]