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Let’s take a minute and talk about cross-connection control budgeting for your system overall—the big picture.
So, with regulations that vary from state to state on cross-connection control requirements, and public water system challenges that arise from the nature of the system, the community, and the connections, the common denominator is unprotected, unsafe cross-connections.
That’s really the goal of all cross-connection control programs: to identify and eliminate those threats, not just push paperwork or data records on performance and test reports. The shape of your cross-connection control program really should be aimed at protecting water and should align with state regulatory codes.
When we look at budgeting for a cross-connection control program, one of the biggest challenges we see is a misalignment from decision makers on budgets, on what’s actually required in the state administrative code for your cross-connection control program.
People can play catch up or dodge enforcement, but, ultimately, complying with the actual regulations in implementing an appropriate cross-connection control program is the right thing to do. I think we can all agree with that.
From our experience, aligning awareness and knowledge and the value of cross-connection control within your program with those decision makers can really help garnish an appropriate budget for your cross-connection control program. We’ve got lots of resources at HydroCorp that can help along in this conversation.
Join us next time on the Backflow Minute. I’m Gary, “The Backflow Nerd,” McLaren.
