http://www.igin.com/articles.sec-100-1-backflow.html In May Of 2000, residents living around the subdivision in Pineville, North Carolina, known as Walden Pointe discovered that their drinking water had become contaminated with raw sewage. The contamination reached around 60 homes and more than 100 Walden Pointe residents fell ill. The affected citizens sued their municipality and received a $1.2 million settlement to cover their damages and medical expenses.]]> What would you do if you got up one morning, went to brush your teeth and saw yellow gushy stuff pouring from the faucet? ]]> As the demand for potable water exceeds supply, the responsibility of the irrigation contractor grows. The contractor must protect public water supplies from contamination. ]]> For potable water, life is a series of one-way streets. Safe drinking water depends on all “traffic” within a water system to move in the direction it’s supposed to. ]]> In a California suburb, a man sprayed his lawn with a commercial weed killer that contained an arsenic compound. ]]> With each passing year, additional criteria are tacked onto the definition of environmental responsibility. Maybe this year it’s the reduction of aerosol, and next year “greenness” is directly proportional to how much money was donated to the Save the Walrus Foundation. ]]> Backflow preventers are installed in the irrigation system to protect our drinking water, save lives and prevent illness. ]]>