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Floating prison offers a unique plumbing solution
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. -
Poisoned water threatens developing countries
Drinking water in Bangladesh is making millions of people sick due to arsenic contamination and may be killing as many as 3,000 a year. -
Aircraft plumbing design
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. -
Plumbing and gasfitting in the mining industry
Most of us understand that everything is huge in the mining industry – huge holes in the ground, huge contracts, huge dollars, huge equipment, huge environmental ... -
Plumbing in the Antarctic
Faber Maunsell regional director Michael Maslin says supplying potable water is the most complex and energy-consuming part of living and working in Antarctica. -
Testing toilet performance
Replicating real-life situations tests a researcher’s cleverness and patience, particularly when the subject is human waste. -
Water piping systems in hospitals
Water piping systems in medical facilities must be of the highest quality, and installed with surgical precision. -
Cleanliness in public bathrooms
New strains of harmful bacteria, pathogens and viruses such as SARS-CoV have led many to question the cleanliness of public bathroom facilities – particularly those in ... -
International plumbing industry collaboration
CIB W062 provides researchers, product developers and standards writers with a yearly forum for presenting and discussing important issues affecting the plumbing industry. -
Vacuum toilets in multi-storey buildings
We know the value of vacuum toilets in aircraft, but how well do such technologies perform in multi-storey buildings?