Committee clarifies backflow inspection cycles, notification and ownership issues
Sep 1, 2026
Sep 1, 2026
Members clarified that residential backflow testing is on a two-year cycle while commercial properties are annually, asked staff to codify notification procedures, and discussed decoupling business-license issuance from property-owner backflow documentation.
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The committee spent a sustained portion of the meeting on cross-connection control and backflow prevention language proposed for Chapter 23 and associated policy.
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