There are 1,205 backflow preventer devices in Blount County, which means 1,205 opportunities for the local water supply to potentially be contaminated. Around this time of year, as required by the ...

Few of our community connections are as personal as a shared drinking water supply. That’s why water utility managers ask the public to do their part to make sure home connections prevent harmful ...

One huge change that came with the new Minnesota State Plumbing Code that went into effect on January 23rd of this year was the requirement for annual backflow preventer testing. Here's the exact code ...

Where are the backflow points? Who is testing them? And what happens when contamination enters the clean supply?​ ...