Promoting and assisting all Illinois water systems to implement and effectively enforce IEPA Title 35 cross-connection control regulations and to increase public awareness, provide and develop educational materials and training and to provide an online method for members to ask questions and obtain a response.

Disclaimer
We are providing the following links to third party sites for your reference. Illinois Section AWWA (ISAWWA)  does not endorse any non-government websites, companies or applications.

Comment Policy
The purpose of this blog is to facilitate an ongoing dialogue on Backflow and Cross Connection issues. We encourage your comments; your ideas and concerns are important to ensure that a broad range of individuals are active and informed participants in the discussion. ISAWWA reserves the right to modify this policy at any time.

This is a moderated blog. That means all comments will be reviewed before posting. In addition, we expect that participants will treat each other, as well as our association members and our employees, with respect. We will not post comments that contain abusive or vulgar language, spam, hate speech, personal attacks, or similar content. We will not post comments that are spam, are clearly "off topic" or that promote services or products or contain any links. Comments that make unsupported accusations will also not be posted.

Any references to commercial entities, products, services, or organizations or individuals that remain on the site are provided solely for the information of individuals using this page. These references are not intended to reflect the opinion of ISAWWA, the Backflow Committee or its officers or employees concerning the significance, priority, or importance to be given the referenced entity, product, service, or organization. Such references are not an official or personal endorsement of any product, person, or service, and may not be quoted or reproduced for the purpose of stating or implying ISAWWA endorsement or approval of any product, person, or service.


What This Blog Is Not

• This blog is not to be used to report criminal activity. If you have information for law enforcement, please contact your local police agency, Illinois EPA,  Dept. of Public Health or other enforcement agency.
  
• Do not submit unsolicited proposals, or other business ideas or inquiries to this blog. This site is not to be used for contracting or commercial business.
• This blog may not be used for the submission of any claim, demand, informal or formal complaint, or any other form of legal and/or administrative notice or process, or for the exhaustion of any legal and/or administrative remedy.

ISAWWA does not guarantee or warrant that any information posted by individuals on this blog is correct, and disclaims any liability for any loss or damage resulting from reliance on any such information. ISAWWA may not be able to verify, does not warrant or guarantee, and assumes no liability for anything posted on this website by any other person.ISAWWA does not endorse, support or otherwise promote any private or commercial entity or the information, products or services contained on those websites that may be reached through links on our website.

We recognize that the Web is a 24/7 medium, and your comments are welcome at any time. However, given the need to manage resources, moderating and posting of comments will occur during regular business hours Monday through Friday. Comments submitted after hours or on weekends will be read and posted as early as possible; in most cases, this means the next business day.

For the benefit of robust discussion, we ask that comments remain "on-topic." This means that comments will be posted only as it relates to the topic that is being discussed within the blog post. The views expressed on the site by do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Illinois Section AWWA.

To protect your own privacy and the privacy of others, please do not include personally identifiable information, such as name, Social Security number,  phone numbers or email addresses in the body of your comment. If you do voluntarily include personally identifiable information in your comment, such as your name, that comment may or may not be posted on the page. If your comment is posted, your name will not be redacted or removed. The default for the posting of comments is "anonymous”, but if you opt not to, any information, including your login name, may be displayed on our site.

Thank you for taking the time to read this comment policy. We encourage your participation in our discussion and look forward to an active exchange of ideas.  Access to this blog is limited to Illinois Section AWWA members.