One huge change that came with the new Minnesota State Plumbing Code that went into effect on January 23rd of this year was the requirement for annual backflow preventer testing. Here's the exact code ...

In my opinion, the author of the letter to the editor titled "Plumbers must love this one" is casting disparaging remarks at the wrong party. The Manatee County Utility Operations Department is merely ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - The nights are getting longer and the cold fronts are more frequent. Thus, the ArkLaTex is at the end of the growing season. Now it's time to winterize our lawn's irrigation system.

If you leave water sitting in your sprinkler system over winter, freezing temperatures will turn that water into ice, which expands and cracks pipes, valves, and other expensive components. Come ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...

The issue of sprinkler-system backflow prevention is a complicated one, but for most Longview residents, it boils down to one thing: A costly headache of home ownership. A public hearing earlier this ...