Backflow assemblies are required for customers with:
- In ground irrigation systems
- A secondary source of water, such as a well or pond
- Reclaimed water
- Pool, pond or fountain with a dedicated fill pipe
- Fire sprinkler system
- Commercial or Industrial processes
This list is a guideline not intended to be comprehensive listing. For more information about your business, contact our Commercial Call Center at (904) 665-6250.
Examples of Commercial Facilities Requiring Backflow Prevention Assemblies
- Buildings over 3 stories
- Extermination companies
- Facilities w/ chemical ejectors
- Facilities w/ secondary water source (ie well)
- Facilities w/ fire sprinkler systems
- Facilities w/ irrigation systems
- Facilities w/ steam boiler, cooling system, or hot water heater where chemical water conditioners are used
- Facilities with water storage tank, reservoir or pond
- Film processing
- Hospitals/medical facilities
- Hotels/motels
- Laboratories
- Laundries/ Laundromats
- Machine Tool Plants
- Master metered malls
- Metal plating/finishing
- Mobile home parks
- Morgues/ mortuaries
- Nursing homes
- Packing houses/ rendering plants
- Paper products plant
- Recreation/ parks facilities
- Petroleum processing/ storage
- Pharmaceutical/ cosmetic plants
- Piers/ docks/ waterfront facilities
- Power plants
- Radioactive material plants
- Restaurants
- Sand/ gravel plants
- Schools
- Swimming pools
- Sewage plants/ pump stations
- Storm water pumping stations
- Veterinary clinics
This list is not meant to be all inclusive. JEA reserves the right to determine when a specific facility requires a backflow assembly to ensure the safety of the public drinking water.
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