What should businesses across New England understand about backflow prevention and its role in protecting drinking water? A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A water backflow preventer in Hesperia was painted neon green to notify recycling companies and law enforcement should the device ...

If you’re getting a sprinkler system ready for the season, experts say it’s important to test for backflow.

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 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Retired professional mechanical engineer Mike Higgins, 75, recently sent the city of St. Petersburg a letter with ideas on how to redesign backflow preventers to make them more ...

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 ...

A man is accused of stealing dozens of backflow prevention devices in the Scottsdale area. Scottsdale police report that in the past nine months they have received over 80 reports of water backflow ...

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 City Council is taking a look at toughening up enforcement for backflow preventer inspections. Under the proposal, customers would have to comply with current regulations on inspections, or be ...

MANATEE -- About 18 months ago a run of thefts on backflow preventers had the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office handing out advice to homeowners on how to protect them. Then, almost as quickly as the ...