BEACHWOOD, Ohio -- City Council has unanimously approved legislation that will allow for the installation of backflow preventers at homes that have been plagued by flooding following heavy rains.

APOPKA, Fla. — The city of Apopka was just fined for an issue one man has been complaining about for years. He said the backflow preventers weren’t being inspected. The contraption on water pipes ...

Montana Resources paid Butte $1.2 million for last summer's mine water contamination scare in the municipal water system ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Retired professional mechanical engineer Mike Higgins, 75, recently sent the city of St. Petersburg a letter with ideas on how to redesign backflow preventers to make them more ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Longmont Public Safety is trying to stop people from taking backflow preventers but with incidents of the thefts on the rise, officials need help. The valves are found at commercial ...

If you are a Birmingham Water Works (BWWB) customer with a sprinkler system, ground well, or swimming pool, you may have recently received a letter regarding the inspection/installation of a backflow ...

HOUSTON — It’s one of the P’s that you’re told to protect whenever the Houston area gets a hard freeze – pipes. (If you don't know the other P's, they're pets, plants and people!) Chato Woodard with ...

ARANSAS PASS, Texas — It was a missing backflow preventer that is to blame for the water ban in Port Aransas over the weekend. Crews at Harbor Freight notified the city of the missing part following ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — Longmont Public Safety is trying to stop people from taking backflow preventers but with incidents of the thefts ...