Health officials in Hong Kong have determined that plumbing systems in certain high-rise buildings are implicated in recent cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Based on the limited information ...

While biofilms occur naturally on many surfaces, including bodies of water and living tissues, they can become a concern when they invade a building water system, potentially damaging water quality ...

With drought conditions sweeping across many parts of the United States and more than a billion people lacking access to safe drinking water worldwide, demand for better building-based water ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new study provides guidance to health officials and drinking water providers on how to decontaminate plumbing systems. "In the wake of recent chemical spills and algal-toxin ...

As public awareness of the need for water conservation, and new water-saving technology, have become increasingly effective at stemming excess water use, new questions are surfacing about how our ...

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a new chapter of its Rethink Water initiative, Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI) is addressing the importance of “Responsibly Managing Building Plumbing ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, a team of researchers evaluate how altered water demand in the plumbing systems of commercial and residential buildings deteriorated the water ...

The purpose of this procedure is to have a checklist for restoring water service to campus buildings that have had low or no water use for an extended period of time. These buildings are described as, ...