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 ...

Plumbing is one of the most profitable subcontracting careers out there. According to Money magazine, it’s the sixth highest-paying job that doesn’t require a degree and provides reliable job security ...

City seeks to get in compliance with state’s ‘backflow preventer’ testing requirements Thousands of residents and businesses in Durango will soon be faced with the choice of paying a roughly $150 ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Retired professional mechanical engineer Mike Higgins, 75, recently sent the city of St. Petersburg a letter with ideas on how to redesign backflow preventers to make them more ...

If you’re getting a sprinkler system ready for the season, experts say it’s important to test for backflow.

If you have an irrigation system that you have not backflow tested, you may be at risk for water disconnection Tuesday, Sept. 12, according to the city of Wichita. Getty Images More than 2,000 Wichita ...

The city of Wichita Falls wants water customers to know a letter they may have received from a third-party contractor is not a scam. Backflow Solutions Inc. (BSI) sends letters to customers with ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The City of St. Petersburg has installed four new backflow preventers in Shore Acres a couple of months ahead of schedule. This will help to prevent sunny day flooding in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — Longmont Public Safety is trying to stop people from taking backflow preventers but with incidents of the thefts ...

It's tempting to turn on your home sprinkler system now given our warm, dry winter and early spring. Here's what experts say ...