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City staff brief Roseville council on required residential backflow inspections and HydroCorp proposal
Summary
Roseville’s director of public services described a proposed residential cross-connection (backflow prevention) program and a vendor proposal from HydroCorp, saying the work is driven by federal/state safe-drinking-water requirements and will require outreach and home visits.
Robert de Bruyne, Roseville’s director of public services, briefed the City Council on Feb. 25 about a proposed residential cross-connection (backflow prevention) program and a vendor proposal from HydroCorp.
De Bruyne said the program stems from drinking-water requirements and called it “another one of those scenarios where…we have to do it, but they're not giving us any money to do it.” He described the scope as moving beyond existing commercial inspections to verify residential plumbing and fixtures that could allow water to flow back into the public system, such as threaded laundry tub faucets, sprinkler systems that require vacuum breakers, and boiler systems with backflow protections.
Why it matters: De Bruyne told the council the inspections are intended to protect drinking-water…
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