Backflow prevention service is becoming a requirement in many municipalities throughout New Jersey. As such, towns have begun stepping up up enforcement of mandatory testing & certification of backflow preventers. For example, the notification letter below was posted by a local town notifying a property owner of their need to comply with a backflow prevention certification.
Note the reference not to wait for a letter from the town, that it is the property owner’s responsibility to have this test completed annually.
Water needs to maintain a certain level of pressure in order to flow from your shower and faucets. If water pressure is reduced to a certain level, it allows for contaminated water from soil, storage or other sources to get pulled into the flow.
Such a reversal of the flow of water into the distribution pipes of your drinking water system, is termed backflow.
Fortunately, the cost of backflow prevention is quite reasonable, and prevention is less expensive than damage remediation (and the possibility of litigation that may accompany it). And, prevention allows you to avoid heavy fines. Ask us for a list of backflow prevention services and price sheet available.
Few companies specialize in backflow prevention, despote it being mandatory in many municipalities. For many years the experts at Schaible’s Plumbing & Heating have installed and repaired many types of backflow prevention devices, including:
Inspections are mandatory by the State of New Jersey: N.J.A.C. 5:23-2.23(1), N.J.A.C. 5:23-3.15 and Plumbing Sub code Section 10.5.6. Fines for noncompliance can be high.