Plumbing Africa February 2020 | Page 5

CONTENTS 3 Contents BUSINESS AND TRAINING 38 What makes a professional plumber? PERSONALITY PROFILE 43 Jamie Pitzner: Heat pumps are a life, not a job FEATURE 46 Rainwater harvesting: Day Zero still casts a long shadow 48 SA’s water woes: still time to address infra problems To receive your perso nal copy of #P l u m b i n gA f rica, send a mes s a g e w it h your email ad 0 6 1 8 0 9 6 d r e s s to 2 5 4 w it h P A02 TECHNICAL 53 SABS publishes standard that sets guidelines for domestic use of greywater REGULARS 1 Fitting thought 54 Plumbing Wall of Shame 55 The plunger games 61 Products The project story is proudcly sponsored by SAVE THE DATE LOCAL EVENTS INTERNATIONAL EVENTS For IOPSA events, please contact IOPSA at: +27 (0) 11 454 0025 [email protected], www.iopsa.org SwissBau 14-18 January 2020 Basle, Switzerland World Plumbing Day 11 March every year Aquatherm Moscow 11–14 February 2020 Moscow, Russia World Water Day 22 March every year PlumbDrain 2020 13-15 October 2020 Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec February 2020 Volume 25 I Number 12 IFH/Intherm 21-24 April 2020, Nuremberg, Germany Emerging Water Technology Symposium 12-13 May 2020, Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio, US #SURPLUS WATER 2025 467 81 12 Savings to date (in millions of litres) Sites monitored Number of Companies involved Please note: If you are receiving this publication and no longer wish to, please complete the opt out form received with the publication and fax it back to us on: +27 (0) 11 450 1920. Alternatively, please email us at: [email protected] to let us know so that we can remove you from our mailing list. www.plumbingafrica.co.za