The Backflow Prevention Education Council of Colorado

Educating Colorado about Drinking Water Protection

Frequently Asked Questions

  This area is to cover the frequently asked questions that come up on a regular basis. Please use this part of our forums to bring up any question you would like to see here, or one you think would be informative to the general public.

What is the BPECC?
What does BPECC do?
Who are the members of the BPECC?

What is backflow?
What is a cross-connection?
 

What is the BPECC?

  BPECC stands for the Backflow Prevention Education Council of Colorado, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting education about backflow prevention and cross-connection control. Our membership consists of teachers, backflow technicians, plumbers, water purveyors and other industry professionals.

What does the BPECC do?

  Our group has advised the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment on backflow issues since the mid-80's, and continues to do so to this day. We created and maintain the Colorado Cross-Connection Control Manual since our inception, used around the state for education, training and program setup. This website was setup to promote communication between all the different groups involved in cross-connection control in the state of Colorado.

Who are the members of BPECC?

  Please refer to the BPECC members page for more information. In general, the BPECC members come from different areas of the backflow industry in order to provide different opinions to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment on backflow issues. The BPECC is asking for more members in specific areas mentioned on the BPECC members page.
 

What is backflow?

  Backflow is the undesirable reversal in the flow of water from a real or potential source of contamination back to the potable (or clean) water supply. Consider having a garden hose in a bucket of soapy water at your home, and having backflow event occur causing that soapy water to "backflow" into the drinking water portion of your home.
 

What is a cross-connection?

Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulations

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