County Backflow Water Testing
What is a backflow?
What is backflow? Backflow is when contaminated water has reversed its flowing direction backwards, “back flow”, and enters your clean water source. Backflow contamination can happen at a “cross connection”, which is located between the clean and dirty water lines. The most common reason a backflow stops working is because a change in pressure happened. Backflow pressure changes can happen from either back pressure or back siphonage. For example, pressure may have changed because of a leaking pipe, a burst pipe, or burst water main. The pressure change can then allow hazardous materials, such as human waste and chemicals, to flow backwards, into your clean water. Backflow testing happens to make sure your backflow preventer is not leaking, and is safely operating. Call the local plumber office nearby to ask any questions about plumbing, backflow preventers, and to have your backflow preventer tested with a certified backflow test. Call and ask if the county requires your address to have it’s plumbing water inspected with a yearly backflow test. A backflow prevention device is inspected by a certified backflow tester.
What is a backflow preventer?
What is a backflow preventer? A backflow preventer is a safety device that can be installed and prevents the backflow of toxic dirty water from flowing back into your clean water. A backflow preventer can be a life saver. When changes in water pressure happen the back flow prevention device will stop hazardous water from back flowing into your clean water supply. Over time all things break, including the backflow preventer. When a backflow does fail, if it allowed hazardous material, or feces, or chemicals, into you clean water lines, it can be catastrophic and harmful. This is why backflow preventers must have a “backflow test”, by a certified backflow testing company, to make sure your backflow prevention is working, and to make sure your clean water lines do not have toxic materials going into them.
What is a backflow?
What is backflow? Backflow is when contaminated water has reversed its flowing direction backwards, “back flow”, and enters your clean water source. Backflow contamination can happen at a “cross connection”, which is located between the clean and dirty water lines. The most common reason a backflow stops working is because a change in pressure happened. Backflow pressure changes can happen from either back pressure or back siphonage. For example, pressure may have changed because of a leaking pipe, a burst pipe, or burst water main. The pressure change can then allow hazardous materials, such as human waste and chemicals, to flow backwards, into your clean water. Backflow testing happens to make sure your backflow preventer is not leaking, and is safely operating. Call the local plumber office nearby to ask any questions about plumbing, backflow preventers, and to have your backflow preventer tested with a certified backflow test. Call and ask if the county requires your address to have it’s plumbing water inspected with a yearly backflow test. A backflow prevention device is inspected by a certified backflow tester.
What is a backflow?
What is backflow? Backflow is when contaminated water has reversed its flowing direction backwards, “back flow”, and enters your clean water source. Backflow contamination can happen at a “cross connection”, which is located between the clean and dirty water lines. The most common reason a backflow stops working is because a change in pressure happened. Backflow pressure changes can happen from either back pressure or back siphonage. For example, pressure may have changed because of a leaking pipe, a burst pipe, or burst water main. The pressure change can then allow hazardous materials, such as human waste and chemicals, to flow backwards, into your clean water. Backflow testing happens to make sure your backflow preventer is not leaking, and is safely operating. Call the local plumber office nearby to ask any questions about plumbing, backflow preventers, and to have your backflow preventer tested with a certified backflow test. Call and ask if the county requires your address to have it’s plumbing water inspected with a yearly backflow test. A backflow prevention device is inspected by a certified backflow tester.
