Why is backflow prevention important?
With the ongoing articles about backflow prevention and cross-connection control, you have seen that the water supplier needs to protect the public water supply against backflow contamination or pollution. Backflow of water can make the water system unusable or unsafe to drink. Each water supplier has a responsibility to provide water that is safe to drink under all foreseeable circumstances. Furthermore, consumers generally have absolute faith that the water delivered to them through a public water system is always safe to drink. For these reasons, each water supplier must take reasonable precaution to protect its drinking water supply against backflow. The water supplier usually does not have the authority or capability to repeatedly inspect every water service for cross-connections and backflow. Each water supplier should ensure that a backflow preventer is installed and maintained at the water service connection to each premise that poses a significant health hazard. This includes
