HEALTH AND SANITATION
IAPMO is leading this effort to bring NSSS technology to
countries such as the US and Canada. A committee with
both US and Canadian stakeholders is preparing to bring
the ISO 30500 standard to these respective countries
as an American National Standard (ANS) and National
Standard of Canada (NSC).
States like Hawaii or other areas where the use of
cesspools is of concern, or California where droughts
are common, can benefit from this technology. Likewise,
provinces in Canada can also derive benefit.
Safe sanitation is something that IAPMO takes seriously
and IAPMO feels privileged to be selected as the
Accredited Standards Developer (ASD) by ANSI to
introduce this technology to the US and Canada.
LEAK DETECTION SYSTEMS
As stated, there are areas where resources are scarce.
Such scarcity does not only apply to underdeveloped
nations but well-established, developed nations as well.
There are areas in the US where safe and sanitary water
is not a basic commodity. From California to New York,
and around the globe, water is a resource that must be
cherished and protected.
A drop of water the size of grain of rice can be easily
ignored or overlooked due to its local minimal effect.
This miniscule drop multiplied numerous times around
the globe now becomes a large body of water. This now
becomes something that cannot be overlooked.
IAPMO Codes and Standards is once again at the
forefront tackling this issue. IAPMO has long published
standards that address water-leaking detection products.
Those standards are the IAPMO IGC 115 and IAPMO IGC
349, which are expected to become national standards
soon (IAPMO Z1115 and Z1349). These standards are
being used for the listing and certification of products
designed to detect water leaks. Jurisdictions nationwide
are already looking for the IGC 115 and IGC 349 mark
for these products.
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The water leak-detection technology listed to the
IAPMO standards has the capability of letting the
homeowner know if there is a water leak with the use
of a smartphone. Aside from preserving resources, a
homeowner will save money on their water bill and
insurance companies can have peace of mind that water
leaks will be detected prior to causing major damage to
the structure. Aside from damage to the structure, leaks
that are not properly fixed can cause mould to grow.
IAPMO Codes and Standards prides itself as being the
go-to-source for new and novel products. There are
many plumbing technologies that began as an IAPMO
standard and slowly became a normal part of our
lives. Many innovators and manufactures have taken
advantage of IAPMO’s services to ensure that their novel
products find their way into the industry. As technology
rapidly improves, IAPMO Codes and Standards is ready
to meet the needs of the industry.
CODE DEVELOPMENT
The IAPMO codes provide consumers with safe and
sanitary systems while, at the same time, allowing
latitude for innovation and new technologies. The
industry looks to IAPMO codes to address innovations or
novel products.
The Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) introduced an
appendix that provides a modern way of sizing water
supply piping. The newly developed Water Demand
Calculator (WDC) recognises that the world is now using
lower flowrate fixtures. In many states, it is law to use
low-flow fixtures. Due to the lower water demand, the
existing water pipe sizing method used will typically lead
to oversizing, which means more volume of water in the
piping. The larger volume of water equates to longer
waits for the hot water to come out of the shower. This
also leads to more water waste.
The UPC is the only code that takes all this into account
with the Water Demand Calculator (WDC) in Appendix M.
The WDC is the first update since Hunter’s 1940 Curves
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July 2019 Volume 25 I Number 5