A typical poor quality backflow set up that network operators and IQPs have to deal with.
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he new Water Services Bill will forever change how New Zealand regards water—and the spotlight will finally go on areas that have been overlooked for far too long, such as backflow. We need to be prepared for the changes ahead.
Upping our game The new regulatory environment signals a long-awaited and much-needed shift towards better safety protection from backflow contamination, as Water New Zealand’s Backflow Group Chair Jim McGibbon explains.
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For a long time, the backflow of water through either back siphonage or back pressure has been an overlooked feature of water quality in New Zealand and it has been seen as more of a ‘bolt on’ than a ‘must have’ by both water suppliers and property owners. But this isn’t the case on the international stage, and we have to ask why that is. Is the risk simply lower in New Zealand than anywhere else? Well, spoiler alert—it isn’t.
