Theft Prevention Tips
Protect your water and your wallet by protecting your backflow device. Here are a few helpful tips to discourage thieves from making your property their next target:
• Inform property managers, business owners and residents of the potential risk to the device and encourage them to report any suspicious activities to the police
• Mark the device with a label or stamp denoting ownership
• Post a visible warning stating theft of the device will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law
• Plant landscaping to camouflage the device
• Wrap the device with a heavy chain and anchor the chain in cement
• Build a small barrier wall to hide the device
• Enclose the device in a cage or box and secure it with a lock, anchoring enclosures to the ground with cement will add extra security (make sure that workers can gain access to the device for testing and repairs when necessary)
• Install the device indoors
Submitted Tips
Paint the copper with several coats of white paint. "Dirty" copper gets the thieves much less money. They will look for those that are not painted. Since we started doing that 2 years ago, our losses at our shopping centers have been reduced by an astounding 90%! Even caged and locked they were getting stolen.
- Debbie
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