Thursday, August 14, 2026
Launches, acquisitions, recalls, regulations and research from across the trade.
With federal funding flowing and compliance deadlines tightening, utilities and private contractors are replacing lead and galvanized water service lines at a pace the trade has never seen. Here is what is actually happening under America’s front lawns — and what it means for the plumbers doing the work.
By Dana Whitfield, Senior Editor, Infrastructure · · 11 min read
From outhouses to spa suites, the United States built more wet rooms per person than almost any society in history — and the plumbing trade, real estate market, and water grid are still catching up to what that abundance means.
By Dana Whitfield, Senior Editor, Infrastructure · · 18 min read
Clean water in, waste out. The two simplest ideas in sanitation are also the most lethal disease interventions in human history — and the people who build and maintain them have outsaved every physician who ever lived. A plain-language case for the trade that civilization forgot to thank.
By Dana Whitfield, Senior Editor, Infrastructure · · 15 min read
