If your property requires a backflow prevention device, there are a number of approved devices available. These include:

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A backflow accredited plumber will determine your hazard level, install a backflow prevention device if you need one, or complete the required annual testing if you already have one. Your plumber will then forward the details to Power and Water. We’ll keep a register of your device and advise in writing when it’s time for your next annual test.

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To determine whether your business or multi-dwelling is ‘at-risk’, you’ll need a backflow accredited plumber to assess your hazard level.

Our audit teams are constantly conducting random checks to ensure the compliance that’s so vital to our ability to provide clean, safe drinking water.

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This can occur when there is a sudden differential in water pressure, such as when there is a break in a water main, when a large volume of water is pumped from the main during a fire, or when a property has a higher pressure than the water supply system.

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If you own a business, own a multi-dwelling such as a unit, or use an alternate water supply, you may be required to have a backflow prevention device installed on your property.

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The following list is to be used as a guide only. Only a backflow accredited plumber or water industry representative can determine your property’s hazard level.

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‘Medium’ and ‘high’ risk properties must have a backflow prevention device installed. Importantly, these devices must be tested every year to ensure they work.

Should be completed by the certified licenced plumber and emailed to backflowprevention.pwc@powerwater.com.au when they have installed a backflow prevention device at a property.

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A severe backflow incident can cause contaminants to enter our drinking water and may endanger a person’s health, or in extreme cases, a person’s life.

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For example, consider a business owner cleaning a grease trap with a hose. Without the appropriate protection in place, a backflow event could cause the contaminated water from the grease trap to go back up the hose and mix into the water supply.

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Our audit teams are constantly conducting random checks to ensure the compliance that’s so vital to our ability to provide clean, safe drinking water.

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Backflow is the unwanted reverse flow of water from a property back into the water supply. In simple terms, used water that may be contaminated goes back into our drinking water and could end up in someone’s glass.

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These backflow events cause water that may be contaminated from common business or residential activities to be drawn back into the water supply.

If you are a business owner, it is important that you engage a backflow accredited plumber as soon as possible to determine your property’s hazard level.

Similarly, if you own a multi-dwelling such as a unit, or you rely on an alternate water supply such as a bore or water re-use system, you will need to engage a plumber to determine your next steps.

This Manual applies to all Power and Water Corporation potable water supply systems licensed under the Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act  . Effective: 1 July 2009.

A backflow accredited plumber or qualified water industry representative will be able to determine which device is best suited to your property.

It’s important because backflow – which can occur when there’s a sudden differential in water pressure – can result in contaminated water reversing out of a property’s water system and back into our drinking water supply.