WaterSense

At the urging of the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), the High-Performance Buildings Coalition (HPBC), Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI), the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE), and other industry partners, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees funding for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has issued its Fiscal Year Read more

Washington, D.C. — Kicking off the fifth annual Infrastructure Week, U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Jon Boozman (R-AR) on Tuesday introduced The Clean Safe Reliable Water Infrastructure Act, bipartisan omnibus infrastructure legislation seeking to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to add provisions relating to drinking water Read more

IAPMO, The High-Performance Buildings Coalition, and 61 of the nation’s leading manufacturers, associations, and professional organizations in the building industry delivered a letter Monday to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt urging continued federal funding for the highly successful WaterSenseSM program. A true public-private partnership, WaterSense is a voluntary product efficiency labeling program Read more

Dear friends, supporters, and members, The IAPMO Group seeking signatures on a letter to EPA Administrator Pruitt voicing support for WaterSense. With the recently unveiled EPA budget memo indicating the Administration’s plan to eliminate the WaterSense program, industry stakeholders have sprung into action. Lobbying Capitol Hill, meeting with Administration officials, creating ad hoc coalitions, and Read more

Spring cleaning should start in the bathroom. According to experts at Mansfield Plumbing, replacing an old, inefficient toilet with a newer, more efficient toilet is one of the best investments homeowners can make this Spring. “Imagine the time and effort it takes to keep an older toilet clean,” suggests Adriana Miller, product manager with Mansfield Read more