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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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Customer Spotlight | Downers Grove
The Village of Downers Grove, Illinois has been a customer of BSI for over 9 years. They were one of our first online customers and we are so humbled for Downers Grove to continually [...]
Irrigation System and Backflow Testing
A cross-connection is defined as any real or potential connection that could contaminate or pollute the public water system or your drinking water. Backflow is the reversal of the dir [...]
Meet the Staff #4
Meet Katie Rager, our Vice President of Business Development. She is a die-hard Cubs fan and an amazing mom of 2. Katie has been with BSI for over 18 years. She makes sure our munic [...]
Meet the Staff #3
Chrissy is our Customer Service Manager here at BSI, and she has been with us for almost 5 years now. Her favorite part of the job is some coworkers who will be lifelong friends! Sh [...]
Type ll Assemblies
Everything You Need to Know | By: Jody Hill, Director of Field Operations Through the evolution process of backflow prevention assemblies, the detector assembly was created for use pr [...]
Spotlight – Butler County
Butler County transitioned to BSI Online in July of 2017. They were utilizing software but still had to handle all the manual data entry from test reports, check on tester credentials [...]
Meet the Staff #2
This is Doug, our Director of Marketing here at BSI. He has been with us for 12 years, and his main duty is to do whatever Brad tells him to do. ???? His favorite part of the job is [...]
The Great Isolation vs Containment Debate: Part 1
Comprehensive Cross-Connection Control Programs vs. Backflow Tracking Programs “In any distribution system, potential cross-connections and therefore sources of contamination can be [...]
Meet the Staff
We'd like to introduce... Brad Stancampiano | Executive Vice President Brad is another one of our BSI veterans, who has been with us for 14 years! As far as his job duties around h [...]
Customer Spotlight
Town of Southern Pines, North Carolina The Town of Southern Pines transitioned to BSI Online in late 2015. Their program started small with 93 devices and it was a traditional, manual [...]
History of Cross Connection Control
Part 2, 20th Century Cross Connection In Part 1 of this series, we took a quick look back at the beginning of water systems and what eventually led up to the need for Cross Connection [...]
History of Cross Connection Control
Part 1, Looking Back In order for us to understand the history of where cross connection control began, we must first take a look back to the history of plumbing and water distributio [...]
Baby Steps
“Small changes can make a big difference.” Today we are talking about what a comprehensive backflow program looks like. We repeatedly hear from utility operators, public works directo [...]
What’s In A Word? Assembly Vs. Device
Have you ever taken notice that words, through repeated improper usage, eventually become the norm? And nobody questions it anymore as it becomes a part of our daily lexicon. When I tr [...]
The Importance of Vital Device Information
If an incident were to occur and there was no record of what type of device, size, location, previous test history, who tested the device, or proof the tester is/was licensed, there c [...]
Series: What’s in a Word
Cross-connection Vs. Backflow Let’s discuss two words in the industry that are too often interchanged and should not be – cross-connection and backflow. Despite popular usage, thes [...]
Introducing Backflow Solutions, Inc. New Look!
Backflow Solutions, Inc. has grown and evolved over the years, and we felt it was time for a face lift. Our rebranding not only reflects who we are as a company but represents the ong [...]
Backflow Solutions Series #2: How Do I Populate My Backflow Inventory? The Survey.
In some states, water purveyors are required to send out a cross-connection control survey to all properties, as a means of collecting information about properties who might have a hea [...]
Backflow Solutions Series #1: Public Education
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” -Benjamin Franklin Our #1 customer service phone call here at BSI is, “Why do I need to have this device tested?” Our customer serv [...]
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