Andy Watts Receives WPC’s Distinguished Service Award
22 Sep 2011 The World Plumbing Council (WPC) Executive Board has bestowed its highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, upon Andy Watts, MBE, of the United Kingdom. Newly elected WPC Chairman GP Russ Chaney presented the award to Watts during the 9th World Plumbing Conference, Sept. 7-11, in Edinburgh, Scotland.

IAPMO R&T Oceana Opens in Sydney
18 Aug 2011 Due to rapid expansion of the business and to further build upon the strong reputation and the high regard of its product certification services in the Australian and New Zealand markets, IAPMO R&T Oceana has expanded with the opening of a new office in Sydney, Australia.

Urinal games in Japan
09 May 2011 Japanese entertainment company Sega has created an entirely new urinal experience: urinal controlled games.

Toilet training for pigs
09 May 2011 Taiwan is coming up with pollution solutions that aims to fix smell and water use on pig farms. The experiments aim to train pigs to use the toilet.

World Plumbing Day 2011 to see increased industry activity
07 Feb 2011 It looks likely that the second World Plumbing Day on Friday 11 March 2011 will see even more industry activity than on the first Day in 2010.

Inspector detector
06 Dec 2010 A Chicago plumbing inspector described by a prosecutor as a "major league bribe taker" has been sentenced to 41 months in prison, making him the most recent city employee imprisoned as part of Operation Crooked Code.

The Plumber from Nantucket
27 Jul 2010 Here’s a story from the United States of America that serves as a warning for all plumbers, no matter where they are from.

World Plumbing Day 2010
23 Feb 2010 The first ever World Plumbing Day is to be celebrated on 11 March, 2010. worldplumbinginfo.com interviewed World Plumbing Council chairman, Robert Burgon to find out what it’s all about.

Italian designer bathroom products
23 Feb 2010 With the recent introduction of Webert Italian Design bath products to the American marketplace, Elkay has created the new Webert Rewards program where showrooms can earn 'extra' cash incentives for selling these products.

Mario Super Plumber
18 Nov 2009 Mario, the world's favourite plumber, has been honoured by Spain's largest professional association of plumbers for his role in improving the image of plumbers worldwide.

Sewer blockage caused by screwdriver and rags
15 Oct 2009 Flooding from a sewer in Northern Ireland was caused by a screwdriver and ball of rags.

Water system shares in funding
24 Sep 2009 An innovative water system that mirrors cyclonic storm action to purify water for reuse is the recipient of government funding.

Boiler scrappage scheme
16 Sep 2009 Plumbers and plumbing suppliers in the United Kingdom are calling on Government to introduce a scrappage scheme for old boilers.