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Aircraft Plants Automotive Plants Autopsy Facilities Auxiliary Water Systems Beverage Bottling Plants Boilers (large) or Hot Water Systems Breweries Buildings – Hotels, Apartments or other structures with unprotected cross-connections. Multi-Storied Buildings. Canneries Car Wash Facilities Chemical Plants Using Water Process Chemical Manufacturing Plants Clinics Colleges Commercial Laundries Convalescent Homes Dairies Dental Buildings Dye Works Fabricating Plants Film Laboratories Food Processing Plant Irrigation/Sprinkler System on Premises Hospitals Laboratories Laundries Manufacturing Plants Medical Buildings Metal Plating, Manufacturing & Processing Industries Marinas Missile Plants Morgues Mortuaries Nursing Homes Oil & Gas Production Facilities Packing Houses Paper & Paper Products Plants Petroleum Storage Plants Power Plants Radioactive Materials or Substances Plants or Facilities Reclaimed Wastewater Areas Recreational Facilities Using Water (Swimming Pools) Restricted, Classified or other Closed Facilities Rubber Plants Sand & Gravel Plants Schools Tanneries Waterfront Facilities & Industries Wastewater Treatment Facilities Sources: 1. Manual of Cross-Connection Control, (9th Edition), 1993, Foundation for Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research, University of Southern California. 2. Backflow Prevention Theory and Practice, (2nd Edition), 2004, University of Florida, TREEO Center. 3. Recommended Practice for Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control, (3rd Edition), 2004 ,M-14 Manual, American Water Works Association (AWWA).
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