Celebrate National Backflow Prevention Day on August 16

By Sean Cleary, Vice President of Industry Programs and BPI Operations This year on August 16th 2022 is the second annual National Backflow Prevention Day. It is a day to celebrate everyone who works...

Why Containment Protection Makes Sense

Within the cross-connection industry there are a number of opinions on how important the installation of containment protection is or in some cases if containment programs are even necessary at all. To get started...

Looking to the Future

During the past week I attended a certification class as a student. While I teach cross-connection control classes all year long and speak at or attend seminars on a regular basis, this was the first time...

Repairing the Wilkins 375AST

Mark: The Wilkins 375AST is a reduced pressure principle assembly. The series began production in 2011. The valve body is made of stainless steel and has grooved end connections for the shut off valves....

Testing an RP’s Second Check

If you are a certified tester, you learned to field test the second check of a reduced pressure principle assembly (RP) one of two ways. The procedure directed you to either test it with a reverse differential...