Clean, safe drinking water is something most homeowners take for granted, yet it relies on a delicate balance of pressure, proper plumbing design, and effective safeguards working behind the scenes.

If you're selling your home in Minneapolis or Bloomington, you'll probably have to pick up a vacuum breaker or two. A vacuum breaker, commonly referred to as a backflow preventer, is a device that ...

The risks of backflow and cross-contamination won’t shock anyone, but they can jump in frequency whenever older systems are retrofitted or new technology is introduced. Bathroom upgrades today are ...