What is my liability as a building owner property manager and water purveyor?

Legally, the "purveyor" of the water supply is responsible for the water quality and for implementing and maintaining a cross connection control program in order to prevent the contamination of the public water system. The water purveyor is the public water department, up to and including the service connection from the water main. From the outlet of the water meter or service connection including all piping down downstream inside the owner’s premise, the legal purveyor of the water supply is actually the property owner.

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1. What is a cross connection?
2. What is Backflow?
3. What are common examples of cross connection hazards (source of contamination) that need to be protected with a backflow preventer?
4. Why is a backflow preventer necessary?
5. What is the legal basis for a local cross connection control program?
6. Do I currently have adequate backflow protection? And, how can I find out?
7. What is my liability as a building owner property manager and water purveyor?
8. What are types of backflow protection?
9. How often do backflow assemblies have to be tested?
10. Who can test the backflow assembly?
11. What to do if my backflow assembly fails the annual test?