Manatee County’s Cross Connection Control Program requires you to have a backflow preventer if any of the following conditions exist on your property*:

• · Swimming pool
• · In-ground irrigation system or underground sprinklers
• · Secondary source of water, such as reclaimed water or a well
• · Body of water, including river, bay, lake or pond on your property or bordering your property
• · Flood zone designation
• · Solar water heating system
• · Commercial, industrial, multistory or multifamily residential facility
• · Cross connection is found (any connection between your drinking water and another source of water that combines the two waters)
• · Fountain with a dedicated fill pipe
• · Fire sprinkler system

*Requirements apply to properties with houses built after 1987. If your home was built prior to 1987, you will be required to bring your property to current standards if a permit for property modification is issued (i.e. pool installation, plumbing modifications, installation of a well, etc.).

If you irrigate with potable water, you are required to have two backflow preventers, one at the meter and another one on the irrigation line at the point of connection. If you have two meters, potable and irrigation, you are also required to have two backflow preventers, one at each meter.