A big pipe carries waste from your house to the main sewer line under the street. If either becomes plugged or overloaded, ...

Backflow preventers are assemblies with two check valves and two shut-off valves that prevent reverses in process flow. They may also include test cocks for each chamber within the assembly. Backflow ...

Drain valves remove media from process lines and process or storage tanks. They are used in applications such as compressed air systems where liquid, gas, or slurries need to drain or be drained from ...

The town board approved its long-discussed backflow preventer grant program this week, giving homeowners impacted by flooding a potential solution. The program will provide a $2,000 reimbursement to ...

If a plunger doesn’t solve your clogged drain woes, then you’ll need to ... However, if your job is on a fixture or pipe with no shut-off valve, you must shut off water to the whole plumbing ...

Pro tip: If your toilet is overflowing, reach into the tank and lift up the float or the fill valve. Then reach behind ... Do not use a drain snake in place of a toilet auger.

50 feet septic tank, wastewater holding tank, livestock pen or yard, manure pile, milkhouse floor drain, silo, sanitary or storm sewer 100 feet surface or subsurface tanks used to store chemicals ...

Explains how drain, waste and vent (DWV ... Introduces trainees to basic backflow prevention and water hammer prevention and discusses the installation of shower and tub valves, ice maker and washing ...

The state temporarily closed three Palm Beach County restaurants last week for issues ranging from roaches crawling near a clean utensils rack to more than 15 flies buzzing around a bar to dented ...

Homeowner Kristyn Rudolph’s basement was inundated by city sewage during the heavy downpours that flooded Lowell on August 15 ...