Backflow Testing & Certification Services

How Can Backflow Affect Your Commercial Property?

Contaminated water is not only aesthetically displeasing, with a brown color of high opacity, as well as having an unpleasant odor, but also poses a serious health risk. Many water-borne diseases, such as cholera and dysentery, are present in foul water. Chemical toxins from sources such as industrial waste and pesticides, and biological toxins from human sewage can cause anything from nausea to the growth of small tumors due to exposure to low amounts of radiation.

How Can You Prevent Backflow?

To prevent backflow, a number of precautions and steps are taken, from separating the water and sewage lines throughout construction to simple check valves, to air gaps caused by closing the tap and keeping shower heads up, to the installation of backflow prevention devices. Additionally, our technicians can install backflow prevention devices that can help protect your commercial building or business for years to come. However, as with all other systems, with time and use it deteriorates, and even the best of preventative measures can end up failing.

Why Choose Pipetechs Plumbing For Commercial BACKFLOW Services?

It is estimated that, at any time, around 5% of back-flow prevention devices have an issue, caused by factors such as fluctuation water pressure, poor water quality, high frequency of usage, and the environment where the device is - those installed outside or in damp and airy places are more likely to stop working than those installed in dry, enclosed areas.

The testing process is very straightforward: a professional technician will turn off the water going out of the device, attach a test kit to the testing valves available and, if it's working correctly, then give a certification verifying it's correct operation. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States requires yearly testing of such systems as well as strict regulations which have to be followed to maintain water purity.