How Do We Decide the Proper Cross-Connection Protection?
The most often asked question about backflow protection is also the title of this article, “How do we decide the proper cross-connection...
Preventing Cross-Contamination on POU RO Systems
Consumers and building owners continue to read and hear about the deteriorating quality of their drinking water. Chemicals such as per- and...
Properly Planning a Backflow Preventer Installation on an Existing System
Performing a backflow preventer installation on an existing fire suppression system can be an intimidating job — the installer’s level of experience...
ASSE Certified Hydrants
My colleague, Terry Burger, has written about the confusion over hydrant backflow protection, as well as the differences in the various devices,...
Understanding Hydrants and Backflow Protection
You may know them by one of their various names: sill cock, wall hydrant, spigot, garden hose faucet, lawn faucet, wall tap,...
ASSE Is All About Backflow
Welcome to this year’s annual Backflow Prevention Issue of Working Pressure magazine. Aug. 16, 2022 was the second annual National Backflow Prevention...
Backflow Prevention Quiz
According to the ASSE International Plumbing Dictionary, working pressure is the maximum pressure in a water piping system allowable under normal working conditions. Likewise,...
Ten Questions With … Steve Webb
In each issue of Working Pressure, we ask 10 questions to a training coordinator or instructor of an ASSE-approved training provider. Some questions are...
Ames 4” Model 3000SS
Question:
I have an Ames 4” Model 3000SS that I’m trying to repair. I was told that the check valves are threaded into the body...
Planting Trees
As someone who has the privilege of teaching cross-connection control and backflow tester certification classes in many different areas of the United...