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Cover
Story
Controlling
Cross Connections and Preventing Backflow
by
Caigan McKenzie
(PDF, 636 kb)
Cross connections and backflow can pose a serious threat to public health,
allowing contaminants to enter drinking water supplies. In the article
Controlling Cross Connections and Preventing Backflow,
NESC Staff Writer Caigan McKenzie examines this topic and provides examples
showing how systems can address this issue.
Features
Putting
Your Watershed Plan to Work
How Watershed Groups Can Maintain Momentum
by Mark Kemp-Rye
(PDF, 869 kb)
In Putting Your Watershed Plan to Work, the
final part of the four-part watershed series, On Tap Editor Mark
Kemp-Rye looks at how community groups put plans to work and maintain
interest in their projects.
How
to Set Up a Basic Cross-Connection Control Program
by Glenn M. Tillman
(PDF, 428 kb)
To prevent backflow and eliminate dangerous cross connections, a community
must have a cross-connection control program. The article How
to Set Up a Basic Cross-Connection Control Program shows
exactly how to undertake such a program.
Are
You Ready for Winter?
(PDF, 832 KB)
by Rick Dennison
(PDF, 560 kb)
Many parts of the country have already had their first taste of winter.
The article Are You Ready for Winter? has some
good ideas for utilities as they prepare for freezing temperatures.
Tech
Brief
Cross
Connection and Backflow Prevention Poster
by
Zane Satterfield
(PDF, 320 KB)
Plumbing cross connections can link a potable water supply to a contamination
source, causing a serious public health hazard. Cross connections can
be controlled, but it takes vigilance and knowledge to carry out a good
crossconnection control program. This poster illustrates some mechanical
devises and methods used to control cross connections in commercial and
industrial applications as well as for homeowners.
In
Every Issue
Ask the
Experts (PDF, 180 KB)
On Tap’s panel of experts was asked the following question:
“In January 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hosted
a stakeholders meeting to discuss cross connections and backflow prevention.
In July 2007, the agency established a Total Coliform Rule Distribution
System Advisory Committee. Do you believe that cross connections pose
a serious threat to public health threat? If so, should cross connections
be addressed in a revised Total Coliform Rule?”
Calendar
of Events (PDF, 204 KB)
What's coming up; Where it's happening; and Who to contact.
News
and Notes (PDF, 436 KB)
The latest news and trends affecting the drinking water industry.
On
the Web (PDF, 276 KB)
Useful Web site descriptions and links.
Drinking
Water Products List (PDF,
128 kb)
Useful NESC/NDWC products for the drinking water industry.
Full Drinking
Water Products List
Fun
Times (PDF, 148 KB)
Entertaining games, quotes and trivia pertaining to drinking water.
Until
Next Time
(PDF, 292 KB)
While most Americans take safe drinking water for granted, more
than a billion people around the world don't have access to this necessity
and 2.5 billion people lack proper sanitation. What can we do to alleviate
this problem? In Turning on the Tap for Global Safe Drinking Water
John Sauer, communications director with the non-profit organization Water
Advocates, discusses some successful efforts and shows ways we can further
address this situation.
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