The inspection and testing of all backflow devices is required to ensure water flows away from a building rather than towards a building. Backflow testing includes inspection of Double checks, Pressure Vacuum Breakers, Rain/Freeze Sensors and all fire line backflows.

In business since 1910, Ames is one of the leading manufacturers of backflow devices, and the Ames Backflow Preventer is considered an industry leader. No one wants a contaminated water supply, but without the protection of superior backflow preventers, that is exactly what would happen the next time backflow occurs.  With an Ames backflow preventer,

The inspection and testing of all backflow devices is required to ensure water flows away from a building rather than towards a building. Backflow testing includes inspection of Double checks, Pressure Vacuum Breakers, Rain/Freeze Sensors and all fire line backflows.

How often must you have backflow preventer testing done? In the state of Texas, backflow preventer testing must be conducted one a year, and it must be conducted by a licensed backflow testing agency with current licenses and backflow certification.  That means that the testing agency must meet Federal, state and local municipality standards when

The inspection and testing of all backflow devices is required to ensure water flows away from a building rather than towards a building. Backflow testing includes inspection of Double checks, Pressure Vacuum Breakers, Rain/Freeze Sensors and all fire line backflows.

The need and requirement for Backflow Certification stems from the “Clean Water Act” of 1972, later amended in 1977.  That act, passed by Congress, requires that the public be protected from contamination of water used to prepare food, clean water for sanitization and the protection of the potable water sources. Texas, and many other states,