ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Retired professional mechanical engineer Mike Higgins, 75, recently sent the city of St. Petersburg a letter with ideas on how to redesign backflow preventers to make them more ...

Homeowners are advised to drain their sprinkler systems to prevent significant freeze damage to pipes and valves. The article provides instructions for both a quick drain and a full blowout of a ...

In an era where sustainability is shaping nearly every facet of construction and infrastructure planning, water systems are no exception. Across the country, contractors, engineers, and facility ...

A weed commonly found in Kansas lawns can sure make homeowners feel pretty crabby this time of year. But applying an herbicide at the right time can help alleviate crabgrass problems, said Kansas ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Longmont Public Safety is trying to stop people from taking backflow preventers but with incidents of the thefts on the rise, officials need help. The valves are found at commercial ...

HOUSTON — It’s one of the P’s that you’re told to protect whenever the Houston area gets a hard freeze – pipes. (If you don't know the other P's, they're pets, plants and people!) During a news ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known for less ...

Backflow preventer installation costs between $105 and $1,400, with the average property owner spending $325 per backflow preventer. Backflow preventers are essential in many commercial and some ...