There are rules and regulations regarding Fort Worth Backflow Prevention you, as a home owner or business owner, must be aware of.  This article should clarify some of the Fort Worth regulations, as well as those of the State of Texas.  Call us at (817) 400-9816 or (817) 996-2000 if you have further questions regarding backflow prevention.

What is backflow?

The simplest way of understanding backflow is to approach it logically.  Water from the city flows into your home or business from the Fort Worth city water supply; it goes to your sinks, your showers, your toilet, and all other destinations which need potable water.  From there ir goes, as contaminated water, into the city sewer system, and from there it goes to a water treatment plant.  If everything is working properly, and it is 99% of the time, that process continues on, daily, with no problems whatsoever.

But occasionally, usually because of a reverse in water pressure, the water will flow backwards, known as backflow, and the contaminated water will flow back from the home, or business, into the city water supply, thus contaminating it.

Obviously this is something which must be prevented, and thus we have a system known as backflow prevention.  For more information you can email Frank.citybackflow@gmail.com.

How does backflow prevention work?

Backflow prevention is achieved by use of a backflow device, like a backflow valve, which sense a reversal of water pressure and block any contaminated water from reversing direction.  The Fort Worth City website has this to say concerning backflow:

The Fort Worth Water Department is changing its procedures associated with the initial testing of backflow assemblies. Starting September 10, 2012, the department will no longer perform the initial tests of backflow assemblies. These must now be performed by a city registered and certified Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester (BPAT).

 The change applies to newly installed, replaced, relocated, or removed backflow assemblies associated with the following:

• Residential Facilities When Applicable
• Irrigation (Commercial and Residential)
• Commercial Facilities

 This is in accordance with Federal backflow regulations, and regulations of the State of Texas.  Since the Clean Water Act, enacted by Congress in 1972, all cities in Texas now require an annual inspection of any backflow prevention device, and that inspection must be done by a certified backflow prevention assembly tester.

Commercial Property owners who do not have that inspection completed annually face rather hefty fines.

Just a partial list of businesses which are required to have backflow testing would include the following:

 

• Restaurants
• Dry cleaners
• Medical offices
• Funeral homes
• Car washes
• Businesses with a sprinkler system
• Office buildings
• And many more

The key to all of this is finding a certified backflow prevention assembly tester you can trust, and we believe we are that testing company.  We are City Backflow Testing, serving the Greater Fort Worth area, and we’ve been conducting backflow assembly inspections, and installing backflow assemblies, for quite some time now.  The owner of City Backflow Testing, Frank, has been installing, repairing, and testing backflow devices since 1998, and is a trusted and well-respected man in this field, exactly the type of man you need for such an important job. When the safety of your business, and the overall safety of the entire city, is at stake, trusting in the best man for the job is something we can all relate to.

Trust in City Backflow Testing to get the job done in backflow prevention.