Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
chapter
Waterworks Regulations [12 VAC 5 ‑ 590]
Action Amend and update the Waterworks Regulations
Stage Proposed
Comment Period Ended on 1/10/2020
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1/10/20  3:15 pm
Commenter: Belinda Wilson PE, Licensed Civil Engineer & Resident

Residential irrigation systems are high hazard.
 

Please do not leave the safety of drinking water to public education programs. There are too many people who don't even what backflow protection is and to leave this extremely important, life threatening matter to informational packets, mailed letters that will never be read and websites that people won't check is irresponsible. There are many severe and even deadly health threats that can come from unprotected residential irrigation systems. These systems must have backflow protection device tests that are tracked by municipalities and must be stated in the regulations as high hazards because they absolutely are high hazard. Please revise the amendments to ensure that the residential irrigation systems must be protected and the testing of the devices must be tracked.

CommentID: 78821