Inside Plumbing Systems & Design
Jan Feb 2007

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• A 12-Step Program for Avoiding Liability for Hot Water Injuries
  Donald Wise, PE
  The author translates his experience investigating injuries, property losses, and commercial contract claims relating to buildings and construction activities into these 12 steps that plumbing engineers can take to help avoid legal problems
  related to hot water systems.
  
• Best Practices for Water Purification System Design
  Jeffrey Denoncourt
  In a laboratory facility, water quality needs can range from general laboratory grade to ultrapure. This article explains the main types of water contaminants and the technologies used in most water purification systems to remove them, and offers a four-step approach to designing a water purification system that
  meets the purified water requirements for a laboratory facility.
• Keeping Hot Water Hot
  Harold Olsen
  Learn the fundamentals to designing a hot water recirculation system to help building owners avoid potential problems such as improperly sized water heaters, unrealistic energy, water, and wastewater charges, problems with mixing valves, and loss of customers or tenants.
  

Getting Technical

• Lessons Learned
  Keeping Your Feet on the Ground
  
• Code Update
  Accessibility for the Physically Disabled Is More Than Just the Plumbing Code
• Designer’s Notebook
  Plumbing Design for Arthropod Laboratories (Insectaries)
  
• Plumbing Technology of the Future
  Plus-size Plumbing Fixtures and Design
  
• Plumbing Design by the Numbers
  Backwater Valves
• Hydronics for Plumbing Engineers
  Parallel Pumps… Again

ASPE Report

• ASPE Report
  From the President’s Pen
  From the Executive’s Desk
  New ASPE Members

Perspectives

• From the Publisher
  Thoughts on the New Year
• Speaking Out
• Peer to Peer
  Building Design Submission Requirements
• The World of Design/Build
  Building Bridges
  
• Inside the Industry
  ASPE Had an Election Too!
• CONTINUING EDUCATION
  Vent Systems
  Continuing Education Questions
  Continuing Education Answer Sheet and
  Application Form
  
• New Product Showcase/Classifieds/Advertisers Index