All Water Users Are Required to have a Hand Valve and a Back-Flow Valve

All water users are required to have installed on their service line a hand valve and a Back-Flow valve.  This will allow the homeowner to turn off the water in the event a repair must be made to their water system (faucet, hot water heater or other leak).  The back-flow valve will prevent water from being pulled from your home during an event which would create a negative pressure on your water line.  Examples of this could be the fire department fighting a fire in your area or a main line break.  Most importantly this protects all users of water in that any contaminants from any user would not be pulled back into the water supply.