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As per the DOB and DEP, all apartment buildings, medical and dental offices, and other facilities that have laundry machines, AC cooling towers with anti-freeze, boiler with rust inhibitors or other water treatment chemicals, and\/ortwo or more service lines from city water mains must install a backflow prevention device.<\/p>\n
In addition, owners of these buildings must[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1555377585831{padding-top: 20px !important;background-color: #05123a !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
Hire a registered architect or licensed engineer to prepare plans for install of device<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Submit plans to the DEP for approval<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Hire a master plumber to apply to the DOB for a permit for the device<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Inspect and test the device when first installed as well as annually<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Submit Report on Test and Maintenance of Backflow Prevention Device (GEN215B) to DEP<\/span><\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Testing must be completed by a state-certified backflow prevention device testers who is employed by a licensed plumber<\/p>\n As with all violations, if you have received a violation for not having the proper Backflow prevention device, the Jaffa team can help you resolve this violation and negotiate your penalty or fine.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1555378115254{background-color: #892323 !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n DEP<\/span><\/p>\n $35-$1000<\/span><\/p>\n If a backflow into the city water main occurs, DEP can cut off water to the building and may GEN236 Installation of this device are eligible for major capital improvement (MCI) rent increases.<\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1555464616777{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #380000 !important;}”]<\/p>\n Application for approval (GEN236) $350 per service connection<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Download this Information” style=”outline” color=”default” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jackjaffa.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F04%2FJaffa-Defines-Backflow-Prevention-Devices.pdf||target:%20_blank|”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1553871694581{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;}”][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text] What is it & what are your requirements? As per the DOB and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":33062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/backflow.png?fit=654%2C447&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paXmTO-8Bc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33058"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33161,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33058\/revisions\/33161"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jackjaffa.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}NOTE:<\/h3>\n
How can the Jaffa team help me avoid this violation?<\/h3>\n
Contact us today<\/a> for more details.<\/h3>\n
PENALTIES<\/span><\/h3>\n
Who?<\/span><\/h3>\n
How much?<\/span><\/h3>\n
Are there any other risks?<\/span><\/h3>\n
\nissue a Cease and Desist to stop water services entirely.<\/span><\/p>\nForm Required<\/span><\/h3>\n
\nGEN215B<\/span><\/p>\nFees:<\/span><\/h3>\n