Washington, D.C. — The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials® (IAPMO) strongly supports the White House initiatives announced Wednesday to address global water security and advance building codes and standards. These new action plans will assist communities in becoming more resilient to extreme weather events, such as drought, and have broader access to affordable water and sanitation services.
In a related development, IAPMO also applauds the release of a report by the administration’s Drought Resilience Interagency Working Group. The report outlines the actions the Biden-Harris administration has taken across the federal government to date to improve drought-stricken communities’ longer-term resilience to drought through financial and technical assistance.
The administration notes that extreme weather events not only threaten millions of U.S. homes each year, but also take an even greater toll on underserved communities.
“These announcements from the White House target issues that are central to IAPMO’s work — improving the resiliency and water security of communities across America and the globe,” said Dain Hansen, IAPMO’s executive vice president of Government Relations. “IAPMO is heartened by the administration making these issues a priority and recognizing that every dollar invested in building code adoption provides 11 times more in savings by reducing damage and helping communities recover more quickly.
“IAPMO stands ready to offer our technical expertise to communities seeking to improve their plumbing resiliency,” Hansen continued, “not only with our data-driven model Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC®) but with innovative tools such as our IAPMO Water Demand Calculator™ that correctly sizes plumbing pipes for high-efficiency fixtures and appliances while reducing construction costs.”
IAPMO® is pleased to announce the publication of IAPMO/ANSI/CAN Z1403-2026, Water Demand Calculator®, a new American National Standard and National Standard of Canada that provides a modern, statistically based method for estimating peak water demand in single-family and multifamily residential buildings.
IAPMO’s Systems Certification Body (SCB) has issued the first certificates under the Aluminum Anodizers Council (AAC) Certification Program, providing independent third-party verification of conformity with established performance requirements for anodized aluminum finishes and products.
IAPMO® is pleased to announce that Shirley Dewi has been promoted to executive vice president of IAPMO R&T, where she will provide strategic leadership and oversight for the organization’s certification and compliance operations, including Product Certification, the Systems Certification Body (SCB) and Continuous Compliance.