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Device aims to halt backflow preventer thefts.(INDUSTRY NEWS)

Publication: Contractor
Date: Friday, June 1 2007

LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. -- Building developer/contractor Byron Bishop has been in the construction business for more than 30 years and is a victim of metal thefts.

"Just 25-ft. from the door of our field office, nine backflow preventer units were stolen, and a few miles from this office, 17 units were stolen in one day," Bishop said.

Thieves are removing backflow prevention systems in as little as a few seconds from public and private property, selling the system parts at scrap recycling yards for cash. Most crimes take place during the night, by simply cuttin

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