Safeguarding Your Water Supply: Backflow Testing and Prevention

Protect yourself, your loved ones, your business, your family, and your friends from the dangers of contaminated water and ensure that the water that comes from the tap in your home or business is clean for drinking. Clean drinking water is something we often take for granted but a licensed plumber certified in backflow prevention services will make sure that backflow prevention devices are installed wherever there is a danger for cross-connections.

A backflow preventer is a device that prevents water flowing out of your home from reversing its flow. This can happen when there is a sudden drop in water pressure. Here’s one example: If you are using a device attached to a hose bib in your home to fertilize flowers in your yard, a sudden drop of pressure could cause your hose to act as a straw causing the water mixed with fertilizers to flow backward into your house and your spouse could suddenly be drinking a glass of water contaminated with fertilizers!