Is the tap water people use every day for cleaning, cooking, and even drinking free of the threat of contamination? It could be. One of the most irritating and outright annoying domestic plumbing problems has to be backflow. It could happen at any time. At one moment, one could be enjoying an efficiently piped water system in the house, and the next moment the water is brown and contaminated. While the problem of back pressure or back-siphoning that causes backflow might be impossible to prevent in all circumstances, there are measures to ensure there is a clean water system.
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A & L Plumbing specialize in Backflow Preventer Cleaning Services. Any home’s plumbing, irrigation, or construction system should serve the homeowner, not the other way around. There are basics of what goes into preventing backflow. What most people do not know is that one could be having the best of intentions while cleaning the backflow preventer but, in some way, creating a ticking time bomb that will definitely go off the minute time runs out.
What are Backflow Preventers?
For the not-so-plumbing-work-savvy, a backflow preventer is a piece of plumbing equipment installed in the plumbing system to prevent back pressure or back-siphoning from affecting the flow of water. The garden hose is one of the most vulnerable pieces of equipment when it comes to backflow. A drop in pressure from the source of water allows the water in the garden hose to be sucked back. The water could be carrying pesticides, chemicals, dirt, and bacteria. A backflow preventer acts as a guardian against such an occurrence.
Why Does Backflow Prevention Matter?
Drinking water could be contaminated if there is no backflow preventer installed. Even worse, there could be a case of an irrigation system with no backflow preventers installed. Whichever the case, backflow sometimes occurs undetected, with the property owner only realizing later that the mess could have been avoided with Backflow Preventer Cleaning.
Backflow is taken seriously by the relevant government and non-governmental organizations, and that is why the American Backflow Prevention Association was formed to spread awareness, regulate municipal water supply customers, and ardently address backflow problems. You can connect with them on Facebook for more updates!
