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Welcome to the BSI Online Blog – Your Resource for Backflow Management Insights
Stay informed and ahead of the curve with the BSI Online Blog, your go-to source for expert advice, industry updates, and best practices in backflow prevention and compliance management. Whether you’re a water purveyor, tester, or a municipal compliance officer, our blog delivers valuable insights to help you streamline your backflow program, stay compliant with evolving regulations, and improve efficiency. From compliance checklists and seasonal maintenance tips to the latest backflow testing technology and customer success stories, our content is tailored to help you protect your water supply and manage your data more effectively. Check back regularly for new posts that support your mission to safeguard public health and simplify backflow compliance.
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Women in Backflow – Nissa Pauley
In honor of March being Women’s History Month, BSI felt it was appropriate to highlight one of the most hard-working women in backflow. She's also a BSI Online client, Nissa Pauley [...]
Highlighting BSI’s Additional Services
Did you know BSI offers additional services that include automated additional notices for your backflow tracking program, like a Failed or Final Notice, FOG data & program managem [...]
how to become a certified backflow tester
Certified Backflow Testing, Backflow Software, and Backflow Data Management A career in backflow testing, the water industry, and backflow software goes hand-in-hand. There are many [...]
Meet the Staff Update
We have an exciting new blog today as we catch up with BSI’s Customer Service Manager, Chrissy Bloom! You may remember her past Employee Spotlight from a couple years back, Chrissy ha [...]
Customer Spotlight – Snyder, Texas
Snyder, Texas joined the BSI Online backflow community 2 years ago. Their program previously was manual, paper copies of backflow test reports. BSI Online has helped Snyder efficientl [...]
Responsibilities for Ensuring an Effective Cross-Connection Control Program
Is it the plumber's responsibility to ensure an approved and effective cross-connection control program? Is it the owner’s sole responsibility? No, it’s everyone’s responsibility! The [...]
Customer Spotlight- The City of Fresno, California
Learn more about Fresno, and California backflow in this customer spotlight What method were you using to track your backflow records before BSI Online? Before becoming a customer of [...]
How Do I Increase My Backflow Compliance?
Industry best practices & utilizing BSI Online to increase backflow testing compliance. When you hear the word “compliance,” what comes to mind? The first order of business regard [...]
Backflow Hazards and How to Protect Against Them
What Causes Backflow Incidents to Occur? Have you ever wondered what exactly are the main causes of backflow incidents? Backflow incidents are caused by one of two things: backpressur [...]
Customer Spotlight – League City, TX
What method were you using to track your backflow records before BSI Online? Until signing up with BSI in 2016, device information and tracking was taken care of by our Public Works D [...]
Customer Spotlight – Flagstaff, AZ
Flagstaff has been a partner with BSI Online for over 10+ years. Read below for insight as to why they chose BSI Online and continue to partner with our organziation for backflow data [...]
The Cost of A Backflow Incident
Backflow can and has affected water systems across the country, costing millions of dollars in mitigating the events. According to the EPA’s document titled “Potential Contamination [...]
Customer Spotlight – Flower Mound, TX – BSI Saved US Time!
Check out the review below. We are now managing over 75 water systems in the State of Texas, making BSI the largest provider in the State for backflow data management. What method were [...]
Customer Spotlight – City of Shafter, CA
What method were you using to track your backflow records before BSI Online? The City of Shafter contracted with the County Health Department for administering its Cross Connection Co [...]
Everything You Need to Know About Type ll Backflow Assemblies
Through the evolution process of backflow prevention assemblies, the detector assembly was created for use primarily in fire protection system installations. The concept was to add a [...]
Customer Spotlight: River Forest, IL
1. What method were you using to track your backflow records before BSI Online? We were attempting to run our own backflow program using in-house staff and quickly realized that it wa [...]
Customer Spotlight: Cross Valley Water District – Washington
Cross Valley Water District has been a fantastic partner over the last year. Their previous method of annual tracking was time consuming and taking up so much staff time to enter data [...]
What Separates Us from Competition?
What Separates Us from Competition? This is one of the most popular questions we get in a sales call/demonstration. For anyone that has met with us or is a current customer knows our [...]
Customer Spotlight | St. Cloud Minnesota
St. Cloud, Minnesota has been a partner with BSI Online for the last 6 years. They did not have an active program prior to partnering with BSI Online. We initially reviewed their ordi [...]
Earth Day 2021
We love helping keep our Earth's water free from backflow by managing backflow programs across the US and Canada. BSI celebrates Earth Day Everyday and contributes by: The essence and [...]
Water facts #2
Water: Lifeblood of the Earth and our most precious resource covers 71% of the surface. Out of the 326 million cubic miles of water on the planet, 97% of it is found in the oceans with [...]
Customer Spotlight | Vallecitos Water District
Vallecitos Water District transitioned to BSI in June 2017. They previously used a software program to manage their annual data base. All notices, tests, tester certifications were all [...]
The Evolution of Submitting Test Reports
For years, backflow testers in the field had many tedious tasks that went into their everyday jobs. Testing the backflow assemblies was just a small part of what they had to do. While [...]
Customer Spotlight | Anna, TX
We sat down with Chip, the Water Superintendent for Anna, Texas. Before BSI, Chip would spend most of his days monitoring a spreadsheet or preparing letters. Here's what he had to say [...]
Veterans Day: A Brief History and Reflection
I wanted to start off by giving a brief history on Veterans Day. On November 11, 1919, at the one-year anniversary of the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson issued the first [...]
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