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Utilities officials urge a stepped plan to raise backflow preventer compliance
Summary
Utility staff said roughly half of required backflow prevention devices lack current test records and presented options — increased public outreach, contractor testing programs and ordinance changes — for raising compliance without immediately imposing fines.
Tequesta — Utilities staff told the Village Council at a March 31 workshop that about half of the town’s required backflow prevention assemblies lack current testing records, and presented a range of options to improve compliance, from education and targeted surveys to third‑party testing programs and possible ordinance changes.
Marjorie Cray, utilities director, said the village’s records show 792 testable backflow devices in the system; 564 are commercial and 228 are residential. Overall compliance has fluctuated around 50 percent, Cray said, and standard practice requires annual…
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