BACKFLOW PREVENTION PROGRAM

The Boothbay Region Water District has a very progressive backflow prevention, or cross-connection control program. A cross-connection is a connection between a drinking water pipe and a polluted source. Here is a common example. You are going to spray weed killer on your lawn. You hook up your hose to the sprayer that contains the weed killer. If the water pressure drops at the same time you turn on the hose, the chemical in the sprayer may be sucked back into the hose, the chemical in the sprayer may be may be sucked back into the drinking water pipes through the hose. This would seriously pollute the drinking water system. This problem can be prevented by the addition of a backflow prevention device for your residence or business. This way our consumers help protect their water system. Removing cross-connections is vital, however if drinking water is to be protected.

The State of Maine has dictated that each public water supplier create a program to ensure backflow prevention. At the Boothbay Region Water District has worked diligently to ensure cross-connection control for each residential service by requiring a residential duel check valve on each residence and requiring higher protections for all commercial and industrial users of the system. If you have any questions concerning this program feel free to contact Mr. Scott Campbell, the District’s Cross-Connection Control Inspector, at (207) 633-4723 during normal business hours.