Editing Plumbing (section)

=== United Kingdom ===
In the United Kingdom the professional body is the [[Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering]] (educational charity status) and it is true that the trade still remains virtually ungoverned;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ciphe.org.uk |title=The Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) |access-date=March 29, 2014}}</ref> there are no systems in place to monitor or control the activities of unqualified plumbers or those home owners who choose to undertake installation and maintenance works themselves, despite the health and safety issues which arise from such works when they are undertaken incorrectly; see ''Health Aspects of Plumbing (HAP)'' published jointly by the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) and the [[World Plumbing Council|World Plumbing Council (WPC)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldplumbing.org|title=World Plumbing Council|access-date=October 11, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/plumbinghealthasp/en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613024052/http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/publications/plumbinghealthasp/en/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 13, 2006|title=WHO Health aspects of plumbing|access-date=October 11, 2009}}</ref> WPC has subsequently appointed a representative to the World Health Organization to take forward various projects related to Health Aspects of Plumbing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldplumbing.org/sep07.html|title=World Plumbing Council|access-date=October 11, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117061821/http://www.worldplumbing.org/sep07.html|archive-date=January 17, 2009}}</ref>