Backflow prevention is a matter of protecting the quality and safety of our water supply. Backflow prevention helps to ensure that dangerous contaminants, such as microorganisms, bacteria, noxious chemicals, heavy metals, gases and other potentially threatening pollutants/substances do not enter the community’s potable water system. Additionally, backflow prevention helps to ensure that an epidemic spread of life-threatening diseases, which can and have resulted in death, does not occur.
There are numerous and well-documented cases of not only pollutants spreading through the water supply, ...
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THE BIG DEAL ABOUT BACKFLOW PREVENTION SYSTEMS
By now, we all know the drill with those “Exit Only” signs found on roadways and in parking lots. A safety precaution meant to maintain proper traffic flow so that vehicles move in one direction. A backflow prevention system works similarly by protecting potable water supplies from contamination due to backflow. Essentially, it’s a one-way gate that allows a city’s public water supply to flow into a customer’s pipes. It opens one way and stops anything from returning into the main water supply.
When most people think of a leak or a break in a water main supply line, they imagine lost water....
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Getting Your Plumbing in Shape for 2021
Where has the year gone? It seems like yesterday was Thanksgiving, and here we are at New Year’s 2021! Most of the time, we start a new year with plenty of resolutions to change or improve our lives – things like losing weight, eating better, being more patient, etc. This blog post is about being more responsible, especially when it comes to your plumbing system.
It makes good sense to do this, because so many plumbing problems can be avoided with a little discipline. And any time you avoid a plumbing problem, you’re keeping your own money in your own pocket. T...
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Backflow Prevention Services in Tampa Bay Provided by Cass Plumbing
Have you ever had gross, foul-smelling water bubble up out of a drain in your home? If so, you’ve probably experienced backflow. Backflow is a common plumbing problem throughout the Tampa Bay region. This happens when water pressure changes cause sewer water to flow backwards through your plumbing system, contaminating pipes normally used for fresh water and coming up out of your drains. The best way to deal with this problem is to take advantage of Cass Plumbing's backflow prevention services. We install and service these devices throughout the Tampa Bay region. Call us today to schedule an a...
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