Thieves are stealing the brass backflow valves from business properties to sell as scrap for $25 or $30. The repair could cost that business more than $2,000 in parts and labor. BAKERSFIELD, Calif.

May 1---- The failure of a valve used to prevent backflow to a chlorination system for the indoor pool located in the BOLD High School is alleged to have been the cause of an electrical fire on Feb. 8 ...

PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO)--In the last two months, eight backflow valves from five different parks and a median on the south side of Pueblo have been stolen, according to Pueblo Parks and Recreation.

Backflow valves are 85% effective in eliminating sewer backup, according to Galen Heinrichs, stormwater utility manager with the City of Saskatoon. Moreover, in that 15% of instances in which a home ...

Backflow preventer installation costs between $105 and $1,400, with the average property owner spending $325 per backflow preventer. Backflow preventers are essential in many commercial and some ...

A decision to fast-track the installation of backflow valves has seen the Brisbane City Council project blow out by $2.5 million. Backflow valves are attached to stormwater systems to stop rising ...

In my opinion, the author of the letter to the editor titled "Plumbers must love this one" is casting disparaging remarks at the wrong party. The Manatee County Utility Operations Department is merely ...

Hilliard residents whose basements have been flooded when sanitary sewers became inundated during rainstorms will be considered for a new program that would pay for the installation of a backflow ...