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CONTENTS 3 Contents 48 PERSONALITY PROFILE 42 Gerrie Botha: New IOPSA Gauteng technical manager assists members and public alike BUSINESS AND TRAINING 44 PIRB outlines its ARPL policy for introduction in 2020 46 IOPSA and PIRB want to ‘share the love’ 48 Industry 4.0 demonstrated at Caleffi Italy 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 51 B-rated water heaters REGULARS 1 Fitting thought 54 Plumbing Wall of Shame 55 The plunger games 61 Products #SURPLUS WATER SAVE THE DATE LOCAL EVENTS INTERNATIONAL EVENTS For IOPSA events, please contact IOPSA at: +27 (0) 11 454 0025 [email protected], www.iopsa.org IFH/Intherm 21-24 April 2020, Nuremberg, Germany World Plumbing Day 11 March every year Emerging Water Technology Symposium 12-13 May 2020, Westin Riverwalk, San Antonio, US World Water Day 22 March every year PlumbDrain 2020 13-15 October 2020 Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec March 2020 Volume 26 I Number 01 2025 564 91 15 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