The City of Frisco, Texas, has the following information on their website regarding Frisco Backflow Prevention:

“The City of Frisco takes pride in the water we provide, and we strive for uninterrupted service. The water entering the distribution system is a protected, potable water meeting or exceeding all State and Federal standards. Once the potable water enters the point of service, it is the responsibility of the property owner to ensure backflow does not occur.

To provide the best program possible, the City of Frisco has partnered with Backflow Solutions, Inc. or BSI Online, the nation’s leading backflow data management firm. BSI is fully devoted to helping public water systems with the development, implementation, and maintenance of cross-connection control programs.”

Let’s look at what it all means regarding backflow and backflow prevention.

It all begins with the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, legislation passed by Congress to protect the potable water systems in all cities in the United States.  The Act provided strict guidelines which all city water suppliers are required to follow with regards to back flow.

What is backflow?

Think of backflow as a reversal of the normal.  Normally water flows from your city’s water supply, to your home or business, and that flow happens because of water pressure.  All works perfectly until there is a sudden drop in that water pressure (think three alarm fire and sudden use of fire hydrants). Suddenly there is a severe drop in water pressure, so severe that the flow of water will reverse.  In other words, polluted water from homes and businesses could, possibly, flow back into the potable water supply of the city.

Obviously this would not be good and thus, all cities have a backflow prevention program.

What does a backflow prevention program consist of?

In most if not all cities, businesses and some residential locations are required to not only have backflow preventers installed on their water lines, but they also insist that those preventers be inspected once each year by a certified and licenses backflow inspector.  If repairs or replacements are required, a licenses and certified backflow expert must do the work, and that work is then filed with the City.  In addition, these inspections must happen every year, and it is the property owner’s responsibility to make sure that the inspection happens.  If not, fines will ensue.

Check with your local city to find out the specifics of their backflow prevention program.  For the City of Frisco, City Backflow Testing is a trusted name in backflow testing and backflow inspection. We are licensed and approved by the City of Frisco, trusted members of a select few backflow inspectors capable of doing the job correctly and making sure you are up to code.

Give us a call (817) 996-2000) if you have questions about backflow prevention, and give us a call if you want to schedule an inspection in the City of Frisco or anywhere in the Greater Fort Worth area.  We are City Backflow Testing, locally owned and operated by people dedicated to the very best in backflow maintenance.