Backflow Prevention

Georgia Code Section 12-5-176 empowers the Board of Natural Resources to promulgate rules and regulations for cross-connection control.  The Board subsequently added to its “Rules for Safe Drinking Water” the requirement that water suppliers develop a written plan for the elimination and prevention of all cross-connections.  This Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control Program (“Program”) was created by Banks County Public Utilities to ensure compliance with State law.  The Public Utilities Department also enforces the cross-connection, Backflow, and Back-Siphonage regulations of the Plumbing Code as established by the state of Georgia pursuant to the Uniform Codes Act (O.C.G.A. Chapter 2, Title 8).