Inside Plumbing Systems & Design
Jul-Aug 2006

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• Specialty Systems: Hemodialysis Facilities
  Carl C. Schultz, PE
  Dialysis patients are exposed to 30 times the amount of water a person
  normally drinks in a day, so water quality is vital to the successful operation
  of a hemodialysis facility. In this article, professional engineer Carl Schultz
  describes what water treatment and supply piping types to use when
  designing such a facility.
  
• Design and Be Merry!
  Bill Zeeb
  Designing the plumbing system for a winery involves many participants,
  including the owner, winemaker, architect, general contractor, and
  plumbing and piping subcontractors. Winery plumbing system installation
  expert Bill Zeeb explains how the design/build method streamlines this
  process from beginning to end.
  
• Case Studies: War Stories From the Field
  Marty Kimball
  Mechanical engineer Marty Kimball recounts how a last-minute storm
  water system redesign saved the owner of Valley High School in West Des
  Moines, Iowa, $30,000 during a three-phase renovation.

Getting Technical

• Lessons Learned
  Revisiting the Fundamentals
• Designer’s Notebook
  What Plumbing Designers Should Know About Thermostatic Mixing Valves
  
• Code Update
  Thermal Expansion in Potable Water Systems
  
• Plumbing Technology of the Future
  The Future of Plumbing Engineers
• Focus on Fire Protection
  Avoiding Corrosion in Dry Pipe and Preaction Sprinkler Systems
• International Digest From England
  A New Approach to Sizing Drainage Stacks in Residential Buildings
• Plumbing Design by the Numbers
  Solar-powered Water Heaters
  
• Hydronics for Plumbing Engineers
  Minimum Flow Protection

ASPE Report

• ASPE Report
  From the President’s Pen
  Proposed Bylaw Amendments
  Society News

Perspectives

• From the Publisher
  The Honor Is All Ours
• Speaking Out
• Product Survey Results
  Air-admittance Valves (AAVs)
  
• The World of Design/Build
  They Want How Much?!
  
• Inside the Industry
  An Industry of Lifers
• CONTINUING EDUCATION
  Life-Safety Systems
  Continuing Education Questions
  Continuing Education Answer Sheet and Application Form
  
• New Product Showcase/Classifieds/Advertisers Index