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Dental offices - What's connected to the Water?
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Set aside any reservations about going to the dentist, there are other concerns to consider before a person even gets to that awkward reclining chair.
Is the Water safe to drink there? Clean, wholesome potable water is an integral part of any visit to the dentist, but do we really know what other machines and processes are connected to the very same plumbing in the back room? Likely not....A community with an active Cross Connection Control Program will greatly reduce potential hazards such as... Read more here ->> Center for Disease Control Or Print the PDF page HERE.
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$10,000 fine for illegal Cross Connections
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, UTAH -- Saratoga Springs leaders are talking about putting teeth into a city code on cross connecting culinary drinking water with irrigation lines after a bacteria outbreak. While the city continues to investigate potential ...Read More -Click Here
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Water fountain sickens students
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About 20 of the stricken children were treated in area hospitals and released..."It looks to be an internal condition in the plumbing. The plumbing company that was working for the Department of Education, building facilities people, were working on their refrigerant and cooling system," said Jim Robbins of the Department of Environmental Protection...Read More & Watch the News Video Clip HERE.
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Niles, Ohio disconnects water customers
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When backflow preventer assemblies are not tested within an appropriate or required time frame, the hidden hazard of backflow contamination can lurk within a community drinking water system. Many communities or state regulations require frequent and documented testing of certain types of backflow preventers.
In order to ensure safe drinking water for everyone in Niles, Ohio, several water customer water supplies were disconnected due to failure to demonstrate testing of their backflow preventers. Read more HERE...
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Minnesota plumber causes Cross Connection...Twice!
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Many people assume that plumbing work conducted by a licensed plumbing contractor would not pose a hazard to the their drinking water supply system. This is not always the case as written in this article about a Minnesota plumbing company no longer in business after 2 known cross connection incidents...
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Cross Connection Examples
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