When Your Water Backs Up, It’s Time to Look Out.

Now, Fox Can Help Prevent Backflow Contamination.

Backflow is a reversal in water or sewage direction caused by a reversal in water pressure.  Whether it’s water or sewage that backs up, contamination occurs.  Backflow can occur and be confined to your own property or stem from problems with the city water supply.  If left unchecked, the results can be harmful to your health.   

Here’s how backflow typically occurs:

  • A break in a city water line can cause polluted water and other contaminants to  enter the city water supply.
  • Line flushing and firefighting can produce the same harmful result.
  • Water systems that are supplied by wells or come in contact with untreated and contaminated streams or ponds also create potential backflow hazards.
  • A toilet flush valve without an anti-siphon device can permit toilet odors, vapors and worse to get into household plumbing and the water you drink.
  • If a garden hose is used to clean out sewer lines or rain gutter downspouts, a drop in pressure can cause contamination from those sources to be drawn back into your water supply.
  • Similarly, water being used to fill a swimming pool can be drawn back into the water supply during pressure drops, bringing contamination with it.
  • If an insecticide attachment is used on a garden hose, backflow can cause potentially lethal contamination of water supplies.

There are lots of potential causes of backflow, and only one sure way to guard against it.

That’s why Fox Services Express offers you our professional backflow services; namely, to help protect your family’s drinking water by blocking contaminants from entering your home.

How to Protect Your Family

If you currently have a fire sprinkler system, you already have built-in a backflow preventer.  If not, contact Fox today to discuss what’s involved in installing a preventive device in your home and how it protects you from contaminated water.  We can also install a fire sprinkler system to give you two major forms of protection with one highly recommended installation.

It’s also a good idea to install a lawn sprinkler/irrigation system with built-in backflow prevention.  Because while pesticides may be good for your lawn and help to beautify your home, they definitely are not something you want backing up into your home water supply.

 

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Email: info@foxservicesexpress.com

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