Fire Protection: Water is the Hazard?
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...
National Backflow Prevention Day, 08/16
This year, August 16 was the fifth annual National Backflow Prevention Day. It is a day to celebrate everyone who works behind the scenes...
Medical Setting Backflow Prevention
Medical facilities are a priority when we look at implementing cross-connection control standards and installing backflow protection. From hospitals to dialysis centers, to dentist...
I Love My Job
I can honestly say that I love my job. I think the work I do is important, as it helps to improve people’s lives...
Domestic Assemblies vs Fire Protection Assemblies
Is the testing of backflow prevention assemblies the same for both domestic assemblies and for assemblies installed on fire protection systems? The correct answer...
Is Change a Good Thing?
As with so many questions we ask in the cross-connection industry, there are both simple and complicated answers to this question. The best answer...
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 States (and...
Prevention Rather Than Cure
With things moving toward a new normal and the COVID situation becoming more under control in many areas, we are again on the road...
Backflow Prevention and Water Quality Issues
The installation of backflow prevention protection is an important part of internally maintaining the water quality within a facility through the use of isolation...
The Ever-changing Backflow Industry
The focus of this issue of Working Pressure is “New Technology." In the backflow industry, changes occur all the time. Existing product standards are...