While your burgers were cooking, did you ever wonder what was happening to your water? In the area of food service, the biggest threat to the plumbing system lies in the potential contamination of the potable water supply. While everyone is worrying about whether there is E. coli in the ground beef, there is a greater potential of harm in the drinking water.
Some of the strangest cases in backflow have occurred in commercial kitchens. Unfortunately, these cases don’t receive the big headlines like the food poisoning incidents. But the potential health hazard to the customer is equally as great.