Virginia Beach Public Utilities (DPU) administers a program of surveying, inspection, and tracking the testing of all backflow prevention devices and assemblies within the Public Utilities water distribution systems according to the
City Ordinance and the
Department's Policy. The purpose of this program is to protect the health and welfare of the citizens of Virginia Beach by ensuring that the City's drinking water supply is protected from a
backflow event. This Backflow Prevention and Cross Connection Control Program is ongoing in nature and was devised and implemented with security of the potable water supply and the health of our citizens in mind. Accordingly, this program was created and is administered by the DPU, in conjunction with the
Virginia Department of Health and the
Environmental Protection Agency.