Excellent Backflow Installation in Katy, TX
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An Introduction to Backflow Services
City-managed filtration systems help keep all the water flowing into your home as fresh and clean as possible. While some areas may have hard water – water with large amounts of minerals – the minerals aren’t the same as pollutants.
You may find it displeasing to have excess magnesium or salt in your water system. However, you’d like it considerably less if wastewater flowed back into your property. Thankfully, a high-quality backflow installation can help nip the problem in the bud.
Murf Turf Sprinklers and Water Management helps homes and businesses in and around Katy, TX, keep their water clean and contaminant-free. Our team installs industry-leading backflow prevention devices on many water system configurations. Trust our experts to keep you, your household, or your employees safe from water-borne illnesses through contact with wastewater backflow.
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How Does Backflow Affect the Water Supply?
Backflow refers to non-drinkable water entering what should be usable or drinkable water supplies. The backflowing water can contain many hazardous materials and substances that can be unsuited for human consumption, such as:
Fertilizers
Pesticides
Pest insects
Animal waste
Sewage waste
Anyone accidentally coming into contact with such water can become severely ill. If you leave the issue unaddressed, everyone in your neighborhood could be at risk. To prevent such problems, many city and state governments have strict regulations to ensure backflow preventers protect everyone who uses the shared water supply.
What Causes Backflow?
Mainline water went through a thorough treatment process at a municipal water treatment plant. For the interconnected water systems to work, the water should flow from the place with the most pressure to the place with less pressure. Therefore, water from the main water supply should, theoretically, only ever flow in one direction – into your property.
Backflows mean that a disruption in the pressure balance sucks contaminated water back into your property or the main line. All the hazardous materials mentioned before could flow into undesired locations without municipal treatment.
To determine what causes backflow and which backflow installation you may need, we investigate which type of backflow you’re dealing with. Two types can affect your water lines: back-siphonage and backpressure:
Backpressure
As the name suggests, backpressure occurs from excessive pressure in a non-potable water source becoming stronger than pressure in your clean water supply. For example, using a toilet plunger improperly or a faulty sprinkler system can increase the pressure in your plumbing system. The pressure difference pushes the water back into the main line rather than flowing into the sewer line.
Back-siphonage
This siphonage occurs when you lose pressure in clean water supplies, even if the sewage line pressure remains the same. Contaminated water sucks back into your property instead of going down the sewage system.
This situation most often occurs from broken water mains, high-volume fire hydrant usage, or system failures at municipal pumping stations. Poor pump installation can also lead to low pressure, siphoning wastewater back into your water system.
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The Benefits of Hiring Backflow Services
We wouldn’t expect you to know the ins and outs of how a backflow installation helps prevent non-potable water issues. We also wouldn’t expect you to know how to check that the system works as intended and is protecting your property.
Our plumbers use professional tools to diagnose and relieve Katy homes and businesses from plumbing problems. Even if you don’t immediately notice bad smells or water discoloration, our team can check if your water is going in the right direction. We can also update an existing system or start a new backflow installation that meets Texas’ strict backflow preventer regulations.
You can ask us about which type of backflow assembly or preventer would work best for you, such as:
Air gaps
Double check valves
Reduced pressure principles
Atmospheric vacuum breakers (AVBs)
Pressure vacuum breakers (PVBs)
Spill-resistant vacuum breakers (SVBs)
Double-check detector assemblies (DCDAs)
Reduced pressure principle detector assemblies
Protect Your Plumbing Today
We suggest hiring a trusted plumbing team for an annual backflow installation check. Homes in more rural areas can be especially vulnerable to self-contained backflow issues. Others in more urban areas may need system reviews to ensure their neighbor’s lawn treatment isn’t flowing into their drinking water.
Regardless of your property’s location in and around Katy, TX, Murf Turf Sprinklers and Water Management can provide top-quality plumbing care. We can install a new backflow prevention device or a ground enclosure to protect an existing, functioning one. Call (832) 829-5715 to ask about backflow prevention devices or schedule your free consultation today.
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