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.

The future of the backflow preventer valves market will be influenced by the need for enhanced water quality and safety. As regulations and standards for backflow prevention tighten, valves will ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brett Rathje (front) and Eric Egge (back) look on while Derek Young works on a valve as they try to repair a water main break in Onslow in Jones County in 2014. Rathje, Egge and Young were working for ...

The city of Kennewick received hundreds of calls after stepping up enforcement on the annual inspection of backflow valves on water systems. The valves prevent drinking water contamination. Bob Brawdy ...