NAC445A.6586. “Double check valve assembly” defined.  


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  • “Double check valve assembly” means an assembly that:

         1. Is composed of two independently acting, approved check valves;

         2. Has tightly closing, resilient seated shutoff valves attached at each end;

         3. Is fitted with properly located, resilient seated test cocks; and

         4. Has been tested and approved, in accordance with American Water Works Association Standard C510, by an approved backflow testing laboratory.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 2-20-97)