Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utilities Department (CMUD) implementation gets their backflow management program on track with Backflow Pro from Team Technology, Inc

THE CHALLENGE: Get the Benefits of the Backflow Pro Backflow Control System
While the Backflow Pro software package had all of the functions needed by CMUD to efficiently run the Backflow Control business, CMUD would still need to tie into the existing mainframe-based billing system to complete the process without time consuming manual intervention. TEAM provided the people who knew how to make this integration work. This greatly improved the return on investment that CMUD got from the Backflow Pro software.
It was more than just the Backflow Pro software. “Because of TEAM’s wide range of business knowledge and implementation skills, they were able to do things for CMUD that others couldn’t do. They sent in the first team; the people they sent hit nothing but home runs right from the start,” said Ruth Pluchinsky, CMUD Backflow Engineering Assistant.

THE RESULT: Increased Efficiency and Performance
“The combination of TEAM’s personnel and the Backflow Pro software gave us the tools we needed to get our backflow tracking process under control,” said Pluchinsky. “Without Backflow Pro and the great work TEAM did integrating the software into our existing billing system, we would have had to add additional people to our department, just to handle the work. This was a huge time saver. Backflow Pro and TEAM really came through for us.”

Did you know...
In 1974, Congress passed the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), P.L. 93-523. Its purpose was to protect the nation's drinking water from harmful biological and chemical contaminants. The act also addressed groundwater protection, specifically providing for controls on the underground injection of wastes, e.g., from oil drilling, that might contaminate water supplies.
Under the act, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was given responsibility for establishing quality standards and treatment requirements for drinking water. States were asked to implement national standards and enforce compliance.
Amendments to the SDWA in 1986 generally strengthened earlier provisions relating to quality standards and enforcement authority. In addition, groundwater protection received more attention. EPA was given a mandate to issue drinking water regulations for 83 contaminants within three years after passage of the amendments. Regulatory rules for an additional 25 contaminants were to be added every three years thereafter. (By early 1994, EPA had issued rules for 84 contaminants.) The 1986 amendments also required all public water systems using surface water to disinfect and, in some cases, filter drinking water.
Relatively few of the nation's 217,000 public water systems have been contaminated in recent years. That is, the water being supplied to the public has had neither microbes nor chemical residues in excess of standards. However, some worry about the long-term effects of chemicals, both those already regulated and those for which standards have not yet been set.
In January 2003 the State of North Carolina will require all municipalities to have a cross connection control program in place. Reference: North Carolina Administrative Code T15A subchapter 18C Section 0400 Rule 0406B regarding Cross Connection Control in Public Water Distribution Systems.

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