INCORPORATING
CONTENTS
ISSN 1812 - 1705
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PARTICIPATION
NEWS
6 Construction pump acceptance testing from the comfort of an armchair
7 New training facility aims to bolster skills development
ASSOCIATIONS
9 Strategy 2025 – an empowering legislative environment
11 Municipality and local authority plumbing survey and research
13 New Technical Manager for IOPSA Western Cape
15 Registered plumbers : Earn CPD points
PERSONALITY PROFILE 16 Jabulile Nkosi : Up for the challenge 17 Dean Cane : Still dishing up service
BUSINESS AND TRAINING 19 Academy provides quality training
22 Plumbing vs water and wastewater reticulation services
PRACTICES
DESIGN 24 Dear Plumbers
PROJECT 26 Glen Acres Park Estate rising
FEATURE
30 Touchless plumbing technology – no longer optional ! Part one
PROTECTION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
34 IWSH leads hand-washing efforts for Navajo Nation Covid-19 relief
REGULARS
1 Fitting thought 3 # SurplusWater 2025 3 Save the date 36 Last word revisited 37 Web / Brandlistings
SAVE THE DATE
As things stand , many international and local events are postponed due to the Covid-19 global lockdown , but the following are longer term :
LOCAL EVENTS
# SURPLUS WATER
2025
Savings to date ( in millions of litres )
564 |
91 |
Sites monitored |
15 |
Number of Companies involved |
For IOPSA events , please contact IOPSA at : + 27 ( 0 ) 11 454 0025 nfo @ iopsa . org , www . iopsa . org
World Plumbing Day : 11 March every year World Water Day : 22 March every year
PlumbDrain 2022 : 20-22 September 2022 , Johannesburg Expo Centre , Nasrec
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