To reflect changes in the plumbing marketplace and encourage more water savings in homes and businesses, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to revise its criteria for faucets and faucet accessories to earn the WaterSense label.

The series extension comes amid news that the EPA will require technology transitions to equipment utilizing greener refrigerants beginning Jan. 1, 2025.

IAPMO has renewed its participation in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to collaborate on improving the overall performance and management of decentralized wastewater treatment systems. 

Through this agreement, the Code Council will provide leadership and resources to regulate and educate on the importance of responsible management of wastewater systems. 

Southern Home Services has selected Interplay Learning as its exclusive technical training provider and Learning Management System (LMS).

To address the changing marketplace and evolving technologies for water-efficient plumbing products, the EPA is considering changing its criteria for tank-type toilets to earn the WaterSense label.

On Tuesday, June 20, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of HARDI et al. by striking down provisions of the EPA allocation rule that would ban the use of non-refillable cylinders and require QR code tracking of refrigerant cylinders. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense Accomplishments Report notes that consumers using WaterSense-labeled products saved more than 1.1 trillion gallons of water in 2022.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) looks forward to the knowledge-sharing and networking that is central to this event. 

WQA's laboratory is now accepting requests for reduction testing of PFOA, PFOS, and other PFAS compounds.