Who is qualified to prepare a backflow prevention device survey?
• Ontario Water Works Association (OWWA) or equivalent certification as a Cross Connection Control/Backflow Prevention Specialist. • Be one of the following: • Licensed master plumber with a City contractor license; • Journeyman plumber, employed by a licensed plumbing contractor; • Professional engineer; • Certified engineering technologist under the direction of a professional engineer; The owner of the property is required to sign the survey report before it is submitted. These documents can be submitted by e-mail: backflow@toronto.ca, fax: 416-394-5716, or mail: 30 Dee Ave, Toronto, ON, M9N 1S9, attention: Backflow Prevention. Can businesses get a reclassification to low hazard that does not require them to install a backflow device? Only small dry retail operations with one or two residential apartments above the retail space have been reclassified to a low hazard category. A low hazard category does not require a backflow preventer to be installed at this time. Currently, there a
