THEY HAVE THEIR WAYS, DON'T THEY?
I've only put them on discharge side when the loss would stop my suction
from being adequate.

glc

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Kramer
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 11:37 AM
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Subject: RE: Backflows

Several years ago had a water authority tell me he didn't care if it went
city-side or system-side of the pump, but if it were system-side, all
components upstream of it had to be appropriate for potable water.  That
meant the pipe, fittings, pump, valves, etc.  We chose to put it city-side.

Ed Kramer
Littleton, CO

> 
> Anyone now of any problems with installing a backflow preventer down
> stream
> of a fire pump? I've been under the impression that it is actually
> better
> down stream to eliminate the possibility of the pump ingesting pieces of
> the
> BFP should it break in any way.
> 
> Russell Rewis
> Brown Automatic Sprinklers, Inc.
> 107C Hemlock Street
> Valdosta, Georgia 31601
> 229-244-8130
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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