What Happens If You Don’t Test Your Backflow Device in Sydney? Fines, Notices & Water Shutoffs Explained
If you own or manage a property with a testable backflow prevention device, annual testing is a mandatory compliance obligation, not an optional upgrade. Failing to test your backflow device means you are operating a non-compliant water connection. If compliance is ignored, Sydney Water can arrange testing on your behalf and charge you for it, […]
What Are Backflow Testing Requirements You Actually Need?
This decrease in water pressure could potentially suck contaminated water into the clean water supply that is used throughout your whole building. While this might seem like an uncommon catastrophe, it is something that occurs more frequently than most think. Whether you are the owner of a busy coffee shop close to the Sydney Harbour […]
Real Backflow Contamination Incidents in Sydney (And the Lessons for Every Property Owner)
We open the tap and expect clean, safe drinking water, but the plumbing systems that supply it are anything but simple. From commercial, industrial and strata premises, these networks of pipework often link the main water supply to chemical storage tanks, irrigation systems, cooling towers and industrial processes. When the pressure in a water supply […]