Thailand gets WPC treatment
12 Feb 2010 Danish Plumbing teacher Benny Wielandt, who won the 2008 WPC Lecturers’/Trainers’ Scholarship, has now submitted the report of his Scholarship visit to Thailand which he made in August 2009.

Mobile toilets for 2010 Expo
21 Aug 2009 To cope with the demand for toilet facilities during the 2010 World Expo, the Shanghai Greenery and Public Sanitation Bureau will set up 49 sets of mibile toilets.

India fights hard against recession
12 Aug 2009 Despite being hurt by a slowdown in the plumbing sector, India's contractors have only marginal concern. www.worldplumbinginfo.com spoke to Essenco Bangalore managing director Sudhakaran Nair for his views.

India introduces plumber training program
14 May 2009 The lack of plumbing infrastructure and a trained, certified workforce has long plagued the citizens of India, for whom 7.5% of deaths each year can be directly attributed to water and sanitation issues.

Dane awarded 2008 WPC Lecturers’ Scholarship
04 May 2009 Benny Wielandt of Copenhagen, Denmark has been awarded the World Plumbing Council Scholarship for 2008.

Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2009
11 Mar 2009 Professor Gatze Lettinga from The Netherlands was awarded the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2009 for his environmentally sustainable solution for the treatment of recycled water using anaerobic technology.

Toilet revolution in Beijing neighbourhood
17 Feb 2009 Beijing’s fascinating Hutong neighborhoods may be historic, but the plumbing is being thoroughly modernized as the Chinese city races towards the Olympics.

WPC to support dry drains forum
17 Feb 2009 The World Plumbing Council has agreed to co-brand a seminar focusing on the issues of drain line performance which are being experienced in many parts of the world.

Executive Board visits Korean rainwater harvesting project
17 Feb 2009 Members of the WPC Executive Board, meeting in Seoul, South Korea on 28-29 October 2008, took the opportunity to visit a rainwater harvesting project in the Star City residential and commercial complex.

IAPMO India
17 Feb 2009 WPC member organisation, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) has opened a new office in Bangalore, India.

Plumbing Education to Employment Programme (PEEP)
17 Feb 2009 Although plumbing is given utmost importance and treated as a highly technical profession in developed countries, in a developing country like India, the picture is altogether different.

Cloud seeding could help solve water shortage
17 Feb 2009 Some people may think cloud seeding to create rain belongs in the realms of science fiction, but it is alive and well in many countries.

Water and sanitation paper presented
17 Feb 2009 WPC Chairman Robert Burgon presented a paper “Water and Sanitation - Don’t Forget the Plumbing” at an international workshop in Edinburgh, Scotland earlier this year.