Protect Your Rockville, MD Home's Water Supply With Backflow Preventer Testing
No matter where you live in the DMV, there are state and federal regulations in place to protect your drinking water. The most common is the enforcement of backflow preventer testing. A backflow preventer keeps contaminants from entering the drinking water supply. Backflow preventer testing or backflow prevention inspections are required annually by a licensed and approved backflow prevention contractor. If you are a property owner, manager, or facilities maintenance service provider, you are responsible for ensuring that backflow preventers are installed correctly, and that information is reported to the local authority. If not, you could be subject to fines and penalties. In most cases, if you are responsible for a cross-connection and a backflow event occurs you could be liable for the resultant property damage, sickness, or death. Believe it or not, it can be that serious.
How Can I Prevent Backflow Cross-Connections?
There are a few ways you can protect your home or business from cross-connections, including:
- Have your plumbing system tested for cross-connections by a certified backflow preventer inspections, such as Vito Services!
- Have your backflow prevention assembly(s) inspected annually by a certified backflow preventer inspection.
- Do not submerge hoses or place hoses where they could become submerged, such as sinks, tubs, or pools.
- Install hose bib vacuum breakers on hose spigots.
- Ensure the correct backflow preventer is installed on your irrigation system.
- Immediately replace or repair any backflow prevention assembly that fails inspection.
When It Comes To Backflow Prevention Testing, Leave It To Vito!
If you are due for your annual backflow prevention test, call the commercial plumbing experts at Vito Services! Our certified backflow technicians have the equipment required to administer backflow prevention tests and are licensed to rebuild or replace them as required. Vito Services is an approved contractor in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. After we test your backflow preventer, we will submit the results to your local governing authority (including the WSSC in Maryland, and DC Water in the District). Vito can also put you on a schedule to remind you of your annual backflow test to ensure that you remain compliant each following year. Send us a message online or call 301-315-6100 to schedule your backflow prevention test today!
