backflow Articles
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Atlanta revolutionizes their backflow program - Case Study
Overview The City of Atlanta’s backflow team faced an evergrowing problem. With two full-time administrators spending most of their time on manual, repetitive tasks, they were constantly playing catch up, and many non-compliant customers were left in the dark about crucial updates. Ahmad and his team were looking for a backflow management solution that would not only automate ...
By SwiftComply
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Syncta and Watts Celebrate First National Backflow Prevention Day
On August 16th, Syncta and Watts were proud to celebrate the first ever National Backflow Prevention Day! Created by Watts, this special day honors the unsung heroes who work every day to keep our water supply safe. Those of us who work in the backflow industry already know the important role that testers and backflow prevention solutions play in protecting our water supply. But the general ...
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Successful Isolation of 48” Water Main and Backflow Prevention
Salem, OR When they contacted Hydra-Stop, the primary need for the City of Salem was replacing a section of the existing water mains that were aging and put the City’s water supply at risk. In order to do this they had to isolate the water main from the City’s water system. This 48” line had been in the ground for fifty years. There were significant concerns about the integrity of the pipe and ...
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Watts and Syncta Create a Connected Flood Protection System
Over the past five years, connected technology and internet-enabled products have become an integral part of our everyday lives. From video doorbells to household appliances, connected products provide us with valuable information, alerts, and allow us to perform tasks remotely through an app on our phone or other device. While we often hear more about these products for individual consumers, ...
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Hirschthal, Switzerland protected with WaStop DN1200 - Case Study
Location: Hirschthal, Switzerland Problem: During times of high river levels, flooding occurred in the town of Hirschthal. This flooding occurred when the river level was higher than the stormwater outfall. This lead to river water pushing back up the outfall pipe, and spilling onto roads and residential areas. Solution: A DN1200 (NPS 48″) WaStop inline check valve was installed inside ...
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Dual-use value of network partitioning for water system management and protection from malicious contamination
This paper considers the introduction of a contaminant into a water supply system using a backflow attack. The recent development of techniques for water network sectorization, aimed at improving the management of water systems, is also an efficient way to protect networks from intentional contamination and to reduce the risk of the dangerous effects of network contamination. Users can be ...
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Water transparency distribution under varied currents in the largest river-connected lake of China
Water transparency is an important ecological indicator for shallow lakes. The largest shallow lake, Poyang Lake, as well as the most typical river-connected lake in China was selected as the research area. In view of the complicated water-sediment conditions induced by its frequent water exchange with external rivers, the dominant factors driving water transparency were determined against ...
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Security Assessments and Cross-Connection Control
Security Assessments and Cross-Connection Control We have all become more aware of security issues in recent years. Security has become a part of our lives. It affects our travel, the way we conduct business, even the way we live. Water utilities have incorporated many security measures into their daily operations. Large sums of money have been spent to conduct vulnerability assessments ...
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The steel casing and pulling and driving machine
In the process of drilling bored piles usually used steel casing, with 4mm-8mm thick steel plate 1, positioning; 2, to protect the orifice, to prevent the ground stones fell into the hole; 3, to maintain the mud level (pressure), to prevent collapse; 4, one of the basis of pile height control; 5, to prevent drilling process in the sediment backflow. The depth of steel casing in the ...
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DeKalb County saves 80 hours a week in admin tasks with SwiftComply Backflow - Case Study
Overview When regulators first approach us, they’ve usually reached a point where their compliance process is no longer fit for purpose, and they know they need to change something! ...
By SwiftComply
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Sanitary Check Valves Astonishing Features
Sanitary check valves are mainly used to prevent the backflow of fluids. These valves only allow the flow in one direction. They are usually very small and simple. As the name suggests, they are designed to maintain a high level of hygiene while maintaining a continuous flow of the medium. These valves are mainly used for highly viscous liquids such as gels and ice cream. Sanitary check valves ...
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Sanitary Check Valves Principles and Parameters
The sanitary check valve will open when the media flows forward and will close when the medium returns to flow. These are mainly automatic valves, whose main function is to prevent the backflow of the means, as well as to avoid the inversion of the pump and the drive motor and the release of the container means. It is also used for safety protection in auxiliary systems where the pressure can ...
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New Test Validation Feature
Here at Syncta, we’re always looking for new ways to help save our customers time and money. Last summer, we introduced Xpress Test, our streamlined testing interface that allows you to enter customer, service location, and assembly data, and complete a test all in the same place. As our customers started using Xpress Test, they found that it took them less than half the time it used to ...
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Introduction of Check Valve
With the continuous improvement of high-tech development, valve conditions are also getting higher and higher. New valve products continue to enter the market, the upgrade of drive mode, changes of structures as well as temperature and pressure corrosion on the material requirements of the check valve, have improved respectively. Check valve relies on the flow of the medium itself to ...
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Checking the Stormwater Backflow Challenge
Controlling stormwater is a growing challenge for utilities and municipal authorities as they look to mitigate the economic and health impacts of excess water. Choosing the right check valve is a key part of the stormwater solution. For water utilities and municipal authorities, stormwater management is a growing challenge. Changing weather patterns as a result of climate change is prompting ...
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Facts about Evaluating Sanitary Check Valves
The sanitary check valve is possibly the only best valve which can be used in your plant that can be operated without receiving any external assistance or giving any indication of the setting or about the condition. The special quality made the valve unique in the valve industry. Thus anyone can instigate to realize that this kind of valve is one apart from the rest. To select and evaluate ...
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The Power of the Duckbill
Backflow is among the most common causes of failure in bubble diffusion systems. Learn how adding only a few inches of elastomer can eliminate backflow risks and optimize diffused aeration processes. For a steadily growing percentage of wastewater treatment facilities, bubble diffusion systems are the centerpiece of an efficient, reliable, and thorough aeration process. In settings ranging from ...
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Fascinating Features of Sanitary Check Valves
Sanitary check valves are mainly used to prevent the backflow of fluids. These valves only allow the flow in one direction. As a matter of fact, they are one of the few valves that have been self-automated to open and close with no assistance. Unlike other types of valves, check valves continue to work even after the plant has lost air, electricity or manual control from the operation team. They ...
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Advantages and Disadvantages to Solenoid Valves
Solenoid Valves are used throughout a number of industries, due to the valve’s versatility. Solenoid valves can be used with either fluid or gas applications, making them favourable among a number of manufacturers. Solenoid valves use an electromechanical magnetic field which opens and shuts the valve, making the valve a reliable option for pneumatic and hydraulic systems. WHAT ARE THE ...
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Why One of Colombia’s Largest Wastewater Plants Trusts Rubber Check Valves
Proco Products, ABC Ingeniería supply new, 84-inch duckbill check valve to protect Medellín treatment plant Boasting zero maintenance requirements and absolute protection against backflow, it is no wonder why one of Colombia’s largest wastewater treatment plants has trusted rubber duckbill check valves to protect the integrity of its operations for more than 20 years. An ...
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