CONTENTS
3
Contents
ISSN 1812 - 1705
October 2020 | Vol 26 No 08
Conveyance of water and waste
FEATURE
27 Print and digital PlumbDrain 2020
32 Touchless fixtures and the role of the plumber
PROTECTION
HEALTH AND SANITATION
36 Recommendations for the safe and efficient
flushing of plumbing: Part 1
24
Official journal
of the Institute
of Plumbing SA
F I R E - G A S – M E C H A N I C A L – P L U M B I N G
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Protection:
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TECHNICAL
38 Geysers in parallel
41 Products
REGULARS
1 Fitting thought
3 #SurplusWater 2025
3 Save the date
43 Last word revisited
44 Web/Brandlistings
38
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#SURPLUS WATER
2025
Savings to date
564
(in millions of
litres)
91
Sites monitored
15
Number of
Companies
involved
SAVE THE DATE
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