Recent Backflow Incidents and Articles

SUMMARY OF BACKFLOW INCIDENTS

Fourth Edition, December 1995

Published By
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION

Prepared and Edited by
CROSS CONNECTION CONTROL COMMITTEE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION
AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION

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June, 2001 -  Worker Charged in Water Tainting - The Beacon Journal

September 17, 2002 -  2 Schools Reopen After Water Tests Clean - The Baltimore Sun

September 16, 2002 -  Reclaimed Water Teeming with Parasites - Orlando Sentinel

September 2, 2002 -  State Declares Tap Water in City Now Safe to Drink - Los Angeles Times

September 1, 2002 -  Soap taints S.F.S. drinking water - Pasadena Star News

September 1, 2002 -  Chemical Spill Pollutes Town's Water System - Los Angeles Times

June 11, 2002 -  Businessman irked by price of checking backflow device - The Vicksburg Post

Explanation of errors in article

July 7-31, 2000 -  Waterborne Outbreak of Norwalk-Like Virus Gastroenteritis at a Tourist Resort, Italy - CDC Website

March 2, 2002 -  Bill Targets Sprinkler Regulation - islandpacketonline

Jan/Feb, 2002 -  Worms in His Coffee? - ABPA News

December 27, 2001 -  'Backflow' Water Line Attack Feared - Wall Street Journal

Buster backflow has made it to the Wall Street Journal

March 19, 2001 -  Washington State Backflow Amendments - House Bill 2172 -

2172shbamd.pdf - 2172eshb.pdf - 2172shb.pdf - Acrobat Files

March 16, 2001 -  Second Ford worker dies of Legionnaires' disease - CNN.com

March 2, 2001 -  Water at Power Plant Tainted - The Tallahassee Democrat

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ...............

December 15 -  Overlooking Legionnaires' - CBS News

November 15 -  Homes and businesses in Rosemead and El Monte, CA were warned not to use their tap water...

October 1 -  Worms in Deltona woman's water puzzle health officials - Naples Daily News

August 2 -  Reports of crossed pipes prompt extra water tests at Oak Ridge - Tennessean

July 30 -  Oak Ridge site's water was tainted for decades - Tennessean

July 18 -  Secret list cites 120 water woes - CNN.com

May 31 - Coroner investigating 9 deaths in Canada's E. coli outbreak

May 23 - Lawsuits follow after sewage found in Louisiana town's water taps

May 22 - Fire Retardant Leaked Into Water System

April 30, 1999 - Plant worker acquitted in pollution case - The Jacksonville Times Union Online

November 9, 1998 - Toughest code in the nation - The Independent

November 26, 1997 - Water release a 'misinterpretation' - Utility's own probe of Eagle Harbor problem - The Jacksonville Times Union Online

November 4, 1997 - Utility Worker Fights back - The Jacksonville Times Union Online

November 1, 1997 - Sewage operator charged - The Jacksonville Times Union Online

October 1, 1997 - Eagle Harbor recalls its fears - The Jacksonville Times Union Online

July 20, 1997 - Pool in Clay reopens after treatment, test - The Jacksonville Times Union Online

July 15, 1997 - Giardia infects residents - The Jacksonville Times Union Online

July 14, 1997 - Bacteria surface in Clay pool - The Jacksonville Times Union Online

July 9, 1997 - Eagle Harbor water control debated - The Jacksonville Times Union Online

July 9, 1997 - Eagle Harbor water at issue - The Jacksonville Times Union Online

Linked and Reference from American Backflow Prevention Association.

http://www.abpa.org/incidents.htm