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Originally Posted by Windguy
Don’t y’all know the back flow preventers are on there for a reason?
My understanding is that if you have a hose connected to the faucet when water pressure drops for something like fire trucks trying to put out a fire, the contaminated water inside the hose will be sucked back into the water supply and not only contaminate your water, but that of your neighbors.
If there’s such a thing, I can see replacing a leaky device with one that doesn’t leak, but just removing it sounds like a bad idea.
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The issue is that after a few years they fail, which results in being sprayed. Hence the reason you have to replace them periodically.