How can backflow occur?
The supply line to the pressurized boiler at the fertilizer plant was leaking, which allowed chemicals in the boiler to backflow into the water main supplying the fast food restaurant next door. A backflow prevention assembly would have prevented this type of contamination from occurring. Back to FAQ Index How can Backflow be prevented? To protect the public water system, the City of Odessa requires a backflow prevention assembly (BFPA) to be installed in certain water use applications. The type of BFPA which must be installed is dependent on the type of hazard the BFPA is protecting the system against. Back to FAQ Index What type of Backflow Prevention Assemblies must be installed? The Texas Commission of Environmental Quality (TCEQ) requires different types of Backflow Prevention Assemblies to be installed based on whether the assembly is protecting against a non-health or health hazard. A health hazard is one which could cause illness or death and must always be protected by an air
