Some St. Helena water customers are facing expensive mandates to install devices to prevent "backflow" at their water meters.

Regular maintenance might feel like an unwelcome task, but it can help reduce unexpected repair costs and extend the life of major systems.

If you leave water sitting in your sprinkler system over winter, freezing temperatures will turn that water into ice, which ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Retired professional mechanical engineer Mike Higgins, 75, recently sent the city of St. Petersburg a letter with ideas on how to redesign backflow preventers to make them more ...

Step 1: Shut off the irrigation water supply. Locate the shut-off valve, which is typically in a green box in your yard close to the water meter. Turn the valve so it's perpendicular to the pipe to ...

As aging infrastructure and rising costs challenge traditional methods, IoT and smart technologies are paving the way for ...

A smart lock sounded complicated and risky, but installing one proved easier—and more life-changing—than I ever expected.

Corpus Christi Water offers simple winter plumbing tips to protect pipes from freeze damage during cold weather months.

Going out to eat? See which Duval County restaurants were rated best by inspectors, and which failed the test.

India now has over 1.2 billion mobile subscribers India has ordered all new smartphones to come pre-loaded with a state-run cybersecurity app, sparking privacy and surveillance concerns. Under the ...