Is swine flu a sanitary problem?
04 May 2009 Before we look at what the World Health Organisation have to say about the current Swine Flu pandemic, take a look at the special feature attached below from eOfficial magazine which reports on how plumbers should be the first line of defence, ahead of doctors, in the fight against health problems caused by poor sanitation.

Dry Drains Forum 2009: Post-forum review
18 Mar 2009 The inaugural Dry Drains Forum took place in Germany on March 11, 2009 at the Messe Frankfurt Congress Center (room spektrum).

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.

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.

World Plumbing Conference '08
17 Feb 2009 The 2008 World Plumbing Conference was held in Calgary, Canada at the end of September, 2008.

Plumbing sector lead trend
16 Feb 2009 There is a strong movement worldwide to remove various toxic substances from manufacturing processes in the interest of public health.

Protection against product copying
13 Feb 2009 Manufacturers and trade show organizers have strategies to counter the pirating of designs and brands, but the best defence is to refuse to buy copies.

Bacteria used to eat through a fatty problem
13 Feb 2009 Until recently, mechanical methods have been used to clear blockages in sewerage systems caused by fats, oils and greases. But not everyone agrees. A different school of thought is biting into traditional thinking.

Floating prison offers a unique plumbing solution
12 Feb 2009 With an increasing number of people being held in prisons and detention centers around the world, governments are hard pressed finding solutions to satisfactorily house them.

Great innovations in sanitary engineering
12 Feb 2009 The 19th Century saw a flourishing of great innovations in sanitary engineering, introducing safe and practical building drainage and plumbing systems on a large scale.

Plumbing's foot and mouth problem
11 Feb 2009 An investigation into the causes of the UK foot and mouth outbreak, which resulted in the slaughter of at least 60 cattle in 2007, yields the lesson that biosecurity and high-grade plumbing go hand in hand.

Aircraft plumbing design
11 Feb 2009 Imagine the equivalent of a large cinema crowd needing bathroom access 30,000ft in the sky. Aircraft plumbing designers are turning to distributed systems for solutions.