The City Council is taking a look at toughening up enforcement for backflow preventer inspections. Under the proposal, customers would have to comply with current regulations on inspections, or be ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Tuesday, the San Antonio Water System’s board of trustees voted to allow shutoff of water to customers who do not submit inspection reports proving their backflow preventers work correctly. An ...

The Nashville Town Council is scheduled to discuss Wednesday whether to reimburse business owners and residents who, at the direction of the town’s staff, needlessly had backflow prevention valves ...

COVINGTON, KY (WKRC)- Parts of Covington flooded during an extremely heavy rainfall last June. That caused basements to fill with sewage, damaging thousands of dollars' worth of valuables. Brian ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - INFORMATION FROM THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT: Residential water customers with a lawn irrigation system will soon receive notices about completing ...