Backflow device testing and installations in Canberra and Queanbeyan
Licensed and accredited RPZ testing and installation for high-risk backflow prevention devices in domestic and commercial medium- to high-risk water systems in Canberra and Queanbeyan.
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Backflow prevention devices protect your drinking water and ICON Water’s network from contamination.
6 Star Hot Water and Plumbing can help with backflow installations and backflow testing in Canberra and Queanbeyan
We offer Backflow installations and backflow testing for:
- Strata unit complexes and multi-unit developments. Link to SP.1 When written
- rainwater tanks in domestic and commercial situations.
- Commercial buildings, low-rise and high-rise, offices and factory sites,
- Government buildings, and
- Private residential buildings, including irrigation systems and bidets.
What are the risks of doing nothing about backflow into water supplies?
The highest hazard has the risk of causing death and is the worst possible outcome. This is why backflow prevention is taken so seriously.
The lowest hazard risks being no more than a nuisance. Contaminants drawn into a plumbing fixture can quickly spread through buildings, municipal water piping, and water storage systems.
If your property causes backflow contamination, you could face serious legal and financial consequences.
Rules for medium to high risk of contamination of potable water supplies
- Where there is a medium to high risk of contamination it is mandatory that an approved backflow prevention device or systems be installed by a licenced plumber.
- It is mandatory that medium to high-risk prevention devices, when installed, are commissioned and registered by a plumber with a Backflow Prevention Testing Endorsement.
- It is mandatory that medium to high-risk prevention devices are tested annually by a plumber with a Backflow Prevention Testing Endorsement.
Type of common devices required to prevent medium to high-risk contamination
- Reduced Pressure Zone Device (RPZ) or (RPZD)
- Double check valve
- Registered air gap.
- Registered break tank
- Reduced Pressure Detector Assembly (RPDA)
A testable double check valve is the minimum requirement if you have a handheld Douche spray in Canberra and Queanbeyan and the rest of Australia.
The chance of backflow occurring is low, but the consequences are high. If the douche/ bidet spray handle is dropped into the toilet bowl, there is a chance of sewage being siphoned into the water pipes through the submerged hose.
If this happens, everyone in the neighbourhood gets sick.
Places where low- to medium-risk backflow devices are installed.
In some cases, there may be no risk of injury or illness, but would you bath or wash your clothes in water like this?
There are low-risk backflow prevention devices on every plumbing fixture, including hot and cold taps, toilet cisterns, garden taps, irrigation systems, above-ground rainwater tanks for domestic use that have a potable water backup system, hot water systems, domestic air conditioning systems and water filters.
Types of common devices for medium and low risk contamination
- lose valve jumper washer, / standard tap washer
- 25mm Air gap
- Non return valve
- Dual check valve
- For more information about backflow prevention and cross-connection rules in Canberra
- For more information about backflow prevention and cross-connection rules in Queanbeyan
Licensed and accredited Backflow prevention devices, RPZ testing, and installations for domestic and commercial medium- to high-hazard water supplies in Canberra and Queanbeyan.
Call 6 Star Hot Water and Plumbing today on 0448 844 911