Prevent Backflow Contamination

Protecting your fresh water supply from contamination is a critical part of any water system.  This protection is performed by a device call a backflow preventer. When you need backflow prevention maintenance, device testing or installation, you can depend on Grand Lake Plumbing & Heating.

What Is Backflow Contamination?

Backflow is the reversal of the direction of water or sewage due to a reversal of water pressure. This contamination can be limited to your home or extend to the city water supply. And, if left unchecked or not checked in time, the results can be harmful, making you and your family very sick.

Here are the typical causes of how contamination occurs:

• A break in a city water line which could then cause contaminants to mix with the city water supply
• Line flushing and firefighting
• If a well pump shuts off while the end of an attached hose is underwater, even submerged in a puddle on the ground, backflow can suck the liquid backward through the hose into the well
• Water systems that are supplied by wells or come in contact with untreated and contaminated streams or ponds

How to Protect Your Drinking Water

Grand Lake Plumbing offers professional backflow services that will help protect your family’s drinking water by blocking contaminants from entering your water supply and eventually the water source within your home.

The professionals at Grand Lake Plumbing & Heating can have your city or well water tested to see if it’s currently contaminated. Our highly trained backflow prevention specialists will provide you with the best methods for giving you the security and peace of mind that comes from a steady supply of pure drinking water.