Saturday, March 6, 2021

Digest for misc.consumers.frugal-living@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

Ed Pawlowski <esp@snet.xxx>: Mar 05 09:19PM -0500

On 3/5/2021 5:58 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> swimming pool to refill it in the spring, to raise the level high enough
> to filter out the leaf debris, dead bugs, bird crap and green algae. The
> owner had covered the pool but a seam ripped.
 
The companies that make backflow preventers has some good lobbyists. At
work we had to have them on all pressure vessels, like boilers. Our
boilers had much higher pressure than the town water system.
 
At home we have to have them on the lawn sprinklers. I pay $25 a year
for someone to come out and inspect it. Never saw the guy but there is
a new tag on it and a bill in the mail.
 
I'd like to see good some statistics on how much good they do. This
gives a number but does not say if it is one year or a hundred years.
 
https://www.plumbtimesc.com/the-importance-of-having-a-backflow-prevention-device-at-home-or-work/
 
A report by the CDC confirmed that more than 1006 people across 19
states in the US had some form of sickness related to water
contamination. Contaminated water can spread diseases in a split second
due to the interconnection of water systems. Backflows tend to redirect
contaminated water in homes.
Bob F <bobnospam@gmail.com>: Mar 05 06:23PM -0800

On 3/5/2021 2:26 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Water pressure may fail or be reduced when a water main bursts, pipes
> freeze, or there is unexpectedly high demand on the water system (for
> example, when several fire hydrants are opened)."
 
Anti-siphon devices are REQUIRED for most water systems to protect
everyone from contaminated water being siphoned into the water supply
when a water supply failure occurs.
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