Albion Valves Ltd has added a range of WRAS approved double check valves to their portfolio to ensure distributors are specifying superior, fit-for-purpose products that are fully compliant with increasingly stringent water industry regulations.
Double check valves are specifically designed to protect water supplies from contamination and are used to safeguard the water supply to millions of domestic and non-domestic properties nationwide.
Albion works closely with UK water companies and is keen to raise awareness of and help rectify the increasing number of water regulations being contravened within some fluid categories.
UK water regulations classify the range of domestic and non-domestic uses of water into five fluid categories. These categories are graded from 1 – 5; from the cleanest potable water rated number ‘1’, to water classed as posing a significant risk to health graded as a ‘5’.
Engineers working in the water industry find a variety of contraventions especially in fluid category 3 areas, often where unsuitable valves and fittings are found in domestic settings. Also, many WC inlet valves present backflow problems and therefore compromiseg the safety of the water supply.
WRAS approved double check valves can be specified across the range of fluid categories to help address the problem. With ½ to 2’’ screwed fittings, 15-28mm compression and 2-10” flanged ends, this range is suitable for a host of applications.