The Sump and Sewage Pump Manufacturers Association (SSPMA) has released a free downloadable, PowerPoint presentation covering Sizing Guidelines for New or Replacement Sewage Pumps on the SSPMA website.  Included with the step-by-step outline are printed worksheets and charts for calculating a sizing problem.

Subjects covered are:  Pump Capacity, Total Dynamic Head, Solids-Handling Requirements, Basin, Simplex, or Duplex System? and a Sizing Example.  This free presentation is available in either PowerPoint or pdf.  Visit www.sspma.org for the information.

Congratulations to Indiana PHCC President Laura Ciriello-Benedict on being named Avatar of the Year by the National Association of Women Business Owners Indianapolis (NAWBO Indy).  The award honors a dynamic NAWBO member who has demonstrated creativity and innovation, with a positive, inspiring avatar (definition of Avata:  an embodiement or personification, as of a principle, attitude, or view of life).

Indiana PHCC members can get a free admission pass to The Work Truck Show 2012 on March 6-8, 2012 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.  The show offers more than 500,000 square feet of Class 1-8 vocational trucks and equipment.  In addition to trade show registration, your free pass also entitles you to attend one of the Convention's concurrent educational sessions -- more than 30 of which are offered on topics such as government regulatory implications for the work truck industry, federal excise tax implications, the future economic landscape for the work truck industry, the future of fleet operations, vehicle certification labeling requirements, chassis manufacturer updates, and much more.  Click here for your free pass.

WTHR Channel 13 Indianapolis investigates unlicensed plumbers.  Emmy award-winning anchor, Andrea Morehead, went undercover and featured a report on what can happen when using an unlicensed plumber.  Indiana PHCC member, Dave Nance, Nance Plumbing, was called in to diagnose the problem and show how a professional licensed contractor would handle the job.  Click here to see the video.  Consumers are reminded that anyone in the state of Indiana who is a plumber must hold a license.  That license is issued through the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency and the law says the plumber must carry the license with him.  Don't be fooled by advertisements that say 'licensed and bonded.'  Make sure that the person you hire to protect the health and safety of your family has the proper credentials.

Are you tired of unlicensed “plumbers” working in our industry?  Are you tired of having a statewide license law with no bite?  Then let’s do something about it!!  Our PHCC has already made lots of headway with the “Hire A Licensed Plumber” campaign.  We have made more strides in the past few years than ever before but we can do more.  The professionalism of our industry rests with the license.  Click here to learn more about the FLAG Program.

Think you know the licensing law?  Click here to get answers to the most frequently asked questions about the law.