Backflow

QUESTION:I am servicing a 1” Wilkins Model 720A. Can you give me any helpful hints on how to repair this assembly? DOUG:The Wilkins 720A is...

According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...

When we look at the required cross-connection protection, it is important to understand the system type, piping material, water supply to the system, and...

Backflow test kits have been on the market for over 50 years. Some of the original design technologies have stood the test of time...

We all likely have things we believe in, even though we have probably never seen them for ourselves. Depending on where you live, the...

Backflow may not be a household term, but it plays a significant role in safeguarding the health and safety of millions of people every...

Our country is in a fractured state. We are more divided now than we have been at any other point in my lifetime. Things...

Pressure Vacuum Breaker Assemblies (PVBs) are one of many types of backflow prevention devices designed to protect the public from unsafe conditions caused by...

Backflow refers to the unwanted reversal of fluid flow in a piping system — essentially when water moves in the opposite direction from what’s...

As an engineering student at North Carolina State University, I recall the first time I was ever introduced to the concept of backflow. I...