Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter445A Water Controls |
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS |
Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance |
NAC445A.66315. “Reduced pressure principle assembly” defined.
Latest version.
- “Reduced pressure principle assembly” means an assembly that:
1. Contains:
(a) Two independently acting approved check valves; and
(b) A hydraulically operating, mechanically independent pressure relief valve that is located between the approved check valves and below the upstream check valve;
2. Has properly located, resilient, seated test cocks and tightly closing, resilient, seated shutoff valves at each end of the assembly;
3. Is designed to protect against pollution and contamination under conditions of backsiphonage or backpressure; and
4. Has been tested and approved, in accordance with American Water Works Association Standard C511, by an approved backflow testing laboratory.
(Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 2-20-97)