BACKFLOW PREVENTERS IMPORTANT AND NEEDED FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR HOSE BIBBS FOR HOSE THREAD HOSE CONNECTION FAUCET INSTALLATIONS VACUUM BREAKERS
PURPOSE: This device is a unique, back‐ for BACK‐SIPHONAGE siphonage preventer especially made for PROTECTION portable hoses attached to hose thread 513‐946‐7800 faucets. Its purpose is to prevent the flow of contaminated water back into the home On social media: water supply. @HamCoHealth APPLICATION: It is used either indoors or outdoors on a variety of installations such as hose faucets supplying garden hoses, hoses to 250 William Howard Taft Rd. 2nd Floor swimming pools, laundry tubs, service sinks, wash racks, photo developing tanks or sinks, diary barns, or other similar installations. Cincinnati, OH 45219 When installed outside, the device must be removed before the 513‐946‐7854 temperature drops below freezing. www.HamiltonCountyHealth.org CONNECTIONS: The unit is easily attached to any home hose bibb and Updated: 07/08/2021 contains a threaded connection which permits attachment of garden hose. No plumbing changes are necessary. PREVENTS BACK‐SIPHONING OF CONTAMINATED WATER INTO HOME PIPING
Here’s how the Back‐Siphonage Preventer Protects you and your house water supply against CONTAMINATED WATER 1. People have the utmost 2. Back‐siphonage 3. Back‐siphonage can occur whenever you lose the 4. For example, if you were spraying weed killer confidence in the water we is the reversal of water pressure to on your lawn with a garden hose, a back‐ drink. We just open a faucet normal flow in a your home due to siphonage condition could “suck” the chemicals and drink what comes out. system (caused a break in the back into your house piping. Thus, anyone If, however, the water is by a vacuum) in service main, or taking a drink of water, could actually be contaminated, sickness and the supply by repairs being drinking weed killing chemicals. even death can be the piping. tIts effec made on the line An open hose left lying on result. is similar to the or due to fire the ground watering custom of fighting nearby The common garden hose, shrubs, or near a cesspool sipping an ice which “robs” your pressure. Its effect is to used for many conveniences, can be a dangerous or other contaminated cream soda from “suck,” or siphon, the water from your home vehicle for carrying contaminated water back into area could cause a glass by piping and this is where back‐siphonage your home, unless simple precautions are taken to contaminated material to be “sucked” through inhaling at the end of a straw. protection for garden hoses is essential! protect against back‐siphonage. the end of the hose, back into the house piping. 5. Another potential 6. Oddly enough, even 7. Leaking gas can be smelled and smoke and fire 8. The preventer works by danger is the with relatively low can be seen, but usually it is impossible to detect means of a positive, indoor set‐tub, or house pressure, a contaminated water. The only positive solution is patented, rubber‐to‐ service/stationary backflow condition to provide permanent protection against rubber seating design, sink/tub, where could occur. If an contaminating your water supply. which closes absolutely an open hose left open garden hose tight if the supply The device is simply carelessly hanging was left in an pressure fails, thus no screwed onto your hose in the tub could elevated position back‐siphonage can bibb and no plumbing allow detergents watering shrubs, occur. changes are necessary. to be siphoned contaminated The garden hose is then Be sure to install a back‐siphonage/backflow back into the material could enter attached to the No. 8. You preventer on any hose bibb where it is possible home piping, contaminating the water and exposing your home piping by can then have lasting, dependable protection. to attach a garden hose. inhabitants to serious harm. means of gravity flow. `Here’s how the Back‐Siphonage Preventer Protects you and your house water supply against CONTAMINATED WATER 5. People have the utmost 6. Back‐siphonage 7. Back‐siphonage can occur whenever you lose the 8. For example, if you were spraying weed killer confidence in the water we is the reversal of water pressure to on your lawn with a garden hose, a back‐ drink. We just open a faucet normal flow in a your home due to siphonage condition could “suck” the chemicals and drink what comes out. system (caused a break in the back into your house piping. Thus, anyone If, however, the water is by a vacuum) in service main, or taking a drink of water, could actually be contaminated, sickness and the supply by repairs being drinking weed killing chemicals. even death can be the piping. tIts effec made on the line An open hose left lying on result. is similar to the or due to fire the ground watering custom of fighting nearby The common garden hose, shrubs, or near a cesspool sipping an ice which “robs” your pressure. Its effect is to used for many conveniences, can be a dangerous or other contaminated cream soda from “suck,” or siphon, the water from your home vehicle for carrying contaminated water back into area could cause a glass by piping and this is where back‐siphonage your home, unless simple precautions are taken to contaminated material to be “sucked” through inhaling at the end of a straw. protection for garden hoses is essential! protect against back‐siphonage. the end of the hose, back into the house piping. 9. Another potential 10. Oddly enough, even 11. Leaking gas can be smelled and smoke and fire 12. The preventer works by danger is the with relatively low can be seen, but usually it is impossible to detect means of a positive, indoor set‐tub, or house pressure, a contaminated water. The only positive solution is patented, rubber‐to‐ service/stationary backflow condition to provide permanent protection against rubber seating design, sink/tub, where could occur. If an contaminating your water supply. which closes absolutely an open hose left open garden hose tight if the supply The device is simply carelessly hanging was left in an pressure fails, thus no screwed onto your hose in the tub could elevated position back‐siphonage can bibb and no plumbing allow detergents watering shrubs, occur. changes are necessary. to be siphoned contaminated The garden hose is then Be sure to install a back‐siphonage/backflow back into the material could enter attached to the No. 8. You preventer on any hose bibb where it is possible home piping, contaminating the water and exposing your home piping by can then have lasting, dependable protection. to attach a garden hose. inhabitants to serious harm. means of gravity flow.
BACKFLOW PREVENTERS IMPORTANT AND NEEDED FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR HOSE BIBBS FOR HOSE THREAD HOSE CONNECTION FAUCET INSTALLATIONS VACUUM BREAKERS
PURPOSE: This device is a unique, back‐ for BACK‐SIPHONAGE siphonage preventer especially made for PROTECTION portable hoses attached to hose thread 513‐946‐7854 faucets. Its purpose is to prevent the flow of contaminated water back into the home On social media: water supply. @HamCoHealth APPLICATION: It is used either indoors or outdoors on a variety of installations such as hose faucets supplying garden hoses, hoses to 250 William Howard Taft Rd. 2nd Floor swimming pools, laundry tubs, service sinks, wash racks, photo developing tanks or sinks, diary barns, or other similar installations. Cincinnati, OH 45219 When installed outside, the device must be removed before the 513‐946‐7800 temperature drops below freezing. www.HamiltonCountyHealth.org CONNECTIONS: The unit is easily attached to any home hose bibb and Updated: 07/08/2021 contains a threaded connection which permits attachment of garden hose. No plumbing changes are necessary. PREVENTS BACK‐SIPHONING OF CONTAMINATED WATER INTO HOME PIPING