One huge change that came with the new Minnesota State Plumbing Code that went into effect on January 23rd of this year was the requirement for annual backflow preventer testing. Here's the exact code ...

National Backflow Prevention Day is a day dedicated to the celebration of backflow prevention and cross-connection control. Backflow preventers are the unsung heroes of water safety as they often go ...

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - For those with a sprinkler system, water well, swimming pool or other personal water systems in a home, a letter has probably been sent in the mail telling you to make sure to ...

BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- City Council has unanimously approved legislation that will allow for the installation of backflow preventers at homes that have been plagued by flooding following heavy rains.

Few of our community connections are as personal as a shared drinking water supply. That’s why water utility managers ask the public to do their part to make sure home connections prevent harmful ...

The city has paid a lot of attention to backflow preventers, since our tap water ban in 2016. Those devices are designed to keep chemicals and harmful bacteria out of our water supply. Now, the city ...

The malfunction of that part allowed the chemicals to leak into the water system. These preventers are a requirement for all industries, as well as homeowners. KIII's Rudy Trevino spoke with a local ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - INFORMATION FROM THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT: Residential water customers with a lawn irrigation system will soon receive notices about completing ...

APOPKA, Fla. — The city of Apopka was just fined for an issue one man has been complaining about for years. He said the backflow preventers weren’t being inspected. The contraption on water pipes ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The City of St. Petersburg has installed four new backflow preventers in Shore Acres a couple of months ahead of schedule. This will help to prevent sunny day flooding in the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Longmont Public Safety is trying to stop people from taking backflow preventers but with incidents of the thefts on the rise, officials need help. The valves are found at commercial ...