Plumbing industry gets smart about water use
15 Feb 2009 One of the foundation aims of worldplumbinginfo.com is to spread knowledge and good practice globally to reduce water use and improve sanitation. The first two water-saving ideas, which we have called ‘Cleaning the carrots’ and ‘Money laundering’, are from Australia.

Plumbing careers in the design sector
15 Feb 2009 Plumbing engineers and designers are drawn to this sector from a range of backgrounds, but is the labor force ready to match industry growth.

Structured plumbing offers real benefits for water savers
15 Feb 2009 Because there is a clear link between water use and energy consumption, saving water can also save energy. The search is underway to find more efficient ways of delivering water to limit energy and water loss.

Heated wastewater: An overlooked source of energy freely available
12 Feb 2009 Heated wastewater can be harnessed to pre-heat the inlet to hot water systems, offering considerable savings and the downsizing of hot water unit capacity.

New drainage system syphons water
12 Feb 2009 Syfon Systems is finding success in Malaysia with its proprietary Syfonic downpipes featured in high-profile projects throughout the Asia Pacific region.

Bacteria used to eat through a fatty problem
12 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.

Bad water kills more children than war
12 Feb 2009 In the Western world there is scant appreciation of how fortunate we are to have public infrastructure, general good health and pleasant living conditions.

Floating prison offers a unique plumbing solution
11 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.

Aircraft plumbing design
10 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.

Virtual world helps solve real plumbing issues
10 Feb 2009 The residents of the online community in Second Life are developing new ways of making real money. One American city engineer is helping to blur the line between reality and virtual reality.

Designing the Antarctic
09 Feb 2009 Clever design concepts have been used in a series of research modules to overcome severe Antarctic/polar conditions that are virtually out of this world.

Plumbing in the Antarctic
09 Feb 2009 Faber Maunsell regional director Michael Maslin says supplying potable water is the most complex and energy-consuming part of living and working in Antarctica.

Bariatric care in hospitals
09 Feb 2009 The growing incidence of obesity in communities around the world raises the question of how to accomodate extremely overweight people who need health care.