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Council approves narrowing backflow rules to align with TCEQ hazard table
Summary
The City Council approved amendments to Chapter 106 of the city code to align local backflow and cross-connection requirements with Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) hazard-risk tables; multifamily properties with master meters remain subject to oversight. The vote was by voice.
The Nacogdoches City Council voted March 5 to adopt updates to Chapter 106 of the city code that limit local backflow-prevention requirements to the hazard-risk categories established by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, staff said.
Kaye Sofferman, assistant director of public works and city engineer, told the council the change removes a blanket requirement that had previously required reduced-pressure-zone (RPZ) backflow preventers for all commercial and industrial water accounts. "We have reviewed what we have in our code of ordinances under chapter 106," Sofferman said, and the amendments "fall more…
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