The Singapore Plumbing Society was founded in 1956 by pioneering plumbers who saw the need to represent interests of plumbing in Singapore. Known initially as "Singapore Sanitary Contrators" it was changed in 1971 to "Singapore Institute of Plumbing" and then to "Singapore Sanitary and Plumbing Association" before being changed again to it's present name after several years.

Today, the Society has developed into an institution ready to assist Plumbers to meet the new challenges in today's changing economic landscape and to exploit the opportunities arising from the linkage created by the move towards a global economy.

In 2000, the locating of the SPS new office paved the way for it to better represent Plumbing industry and to address its concerns and problems arising and to communicate to goverment, commercial and relevant organisations and the general public. As the plumbing industry flagship, the SPS has accepted the challenge of helping it's members to focus on both short term and long-term issues.