Wilkins Backflow Preventer is a name you can trust when it comes time to repair, replace or install a new backflow device, and the reason is simple: they are one of the leaders in the backflow preventer business and one of the most dependable and reliable manufacturers of backflow devices. Period!
Backflow preventers are used to prevent the potable water supply from being contaminated by backflow of polluted water. This backflow can occur when there is a drastic loss of water pressure from the main city supply to individual homes and businesses. Backflow also occurs when there is significant flooding.
Will backflow happen to every homeowner? No, most likely not, but it only takes one time to make you realize a backflow preventer system is wise and prudent.
Wilkins makes several types of backflow preventers including:
Air gaps
Check valves
Chemigration valves
Pressure vacuum breakers assemblies.
Reduced pressure principle valves
Reduced pressure zone devices
Spill resistant pressure vacuum breaker assemblies.
All of these have their own specific functions, but the main principle behind them all is when reduced water pressure is sensed, the water flow is obstructed by the backflow device, thus preventing contaminated water from reversing flow back into the city water supply. When water pressure is restored then water flow is again allowed by the backflow device.
Most homeowners are never aware of this phenomenon, and that is because most cities are now required to not only have backflow preventers built into existing water systems but also to have the backflow preventers checked each year for possible damage. This is actually a federal law but remains the duty of individual municipalities to enforce those statutes regarding clean water supplies.
In Texas, all cities are required to check and test backflow preventers annually, and the responsibility for that testing, for maintenance, and for repairs/installation falls upon the home and business owner. Have you had yours tested recently?
For affordable backflow testing, in Texas call City Backflow Testing. Why settle for second best when City Backflow Testing is on the clock? And why settle for second best when Wilkins backflow preventers are available? The next time you have your backflow system checked, ask about Wilkins backflow preventers. Your family is the very best, and don’t you think the very best deserves the very best?
City Backflow Testing…..Wilkins Backflow Preventers…..your family….that is a marriage made in heaven!
