The American Society of Sanitary Engineering (ASSE) recently released the updated and revised version of the Plumbing Dictionary 6th Edition.

Many new definitions, including all of the new backflow assembly orientations, have been added to this revision.

The American Society of Sanitary Engineering Plumbing Dictionary contains more than 4,000 plumbing words and terms, abbreviations, cross references, helpful charts and illustrations and solar energy terms.

This is a teaching tool for plumbing and related fields and is used by schools and apprentice programs all throughout the United States.

While it usually retails for US$40, the ASSE is selling it online for $12.95. The sale ends on 31 december, 2009.

For more information go to the ASSE website: www.asse-plumbing.org and click on bookstore.

The ASSE continues to be vital to the industry and the public. Its programs benefit all segments of the plumbing industry.