Figure: 30 TAC §290.47(i)

Appendix I: Assessment of Hazards and Selection of Assemblies

The following table lists many common hazards. It is not an all-inclusive list of the hazards which may be found connected to
public water systems.

Premises Isolation - Description of Premises

Assessment of Hazard

Required Assembly

Aircraft and missile plants

Health

RPBA or AG

Animal feedlots

Health

RPBA or AG

Automotive plants

Health

RPBA or AG

Breweries

Health

RPBA or AG

Canneries, packing houses and rendering plants

Health

RPBA or AG

Commercial car wash facilities

Health

RPBA or AG

Commercial laundries

Health

RPBA or AG

Cold storage facilities

Health

RPBA or AG

Connection to sewer pipe

Health

RPBA or AG

Dairies

Health

RPBA or AG

Docks and dockside facilities

Health

RPBA or AG

Dye works

Health

RPBA or AG

Food and beverage processing plants

Health

RPBA or AG

Hospitals, morgues, mortuaries, medical clinics,
     dental clinics, veterinary clinics, autopsy facilities,
     sanitariums, and medical labs

Health

RPBA or AG

Metal manufacturing, cleaning, processing,
     and fabrication plants

Health

RPBA or AG

Microchip fabrication facilities

Health

RPBA or AG

Paper and paper products plants

Health

RPBA or AG

Petroleum processing or storage facilities

Health

RPBA or AG

Photo and film processing labs

Health

RPBA or AG

Plants using radioactive material

Health

RPBA or AG

Plating or chemical plants

Health

RPBA or AG

Pleasure-boat marinas

Health

RPBA or AG

Private/Individual/Unmonitored Wells

Health

RPBA or AG

Reclaimed water systems

Health

RPBA or AG

Restricted, classified or other closed facilities

Health

RPBA or AG

Rubber plants

Health

RPBA or AG

Sewage lift stations

Health

RPBA or AG

Sewage treatment plants

Health

RPBA or AG

Slaughter houses

Health

RPBA or AG

Steam plants

Health

RPBA or AG

Tall buildings or elevation differences where the
     highest outlet is 80 feet or more above the meter

Nonhealth

DCVA

Internal Protection - Description of Cross Connection

Assessment of Hazard

Required Assembly

Aspirators

Nonhealth†

AVB

Aspirator (medical)

Health

AVB or PVB

Autoclaves

Health

RPBA

Autopsy and mortuary equipment

Health

AVB or PVB

Bedpan washers

Health

AVB or PVB

Connection to industrial fluid systems

Health

RPBA

Connection to plating tanks

Health

RPBA

Connection to salt-water cooling systems

Health

RPBA

Connection to sewer pipe

Health

AG

Cooling towers with chemical additives

Health

AG

Cuspidors

Health

AVB or PVB

Degreasing equipment

Nonhealth†

DCVA

Domestic space-heating boiler

Nonhealth†

RPBA

Dye vats or machines

Health

RPBA

Fire-fighting system
     (toxic liquid foam concentrates)

Health

RPBA

Flexible shower heads

Nonhealth†

AVB or PVB

Heating equipment
     Commercial
     Domestic


Nonhealth†
Nonhealth†


RPBA
DCVA

Hose bibbs

Nonhealth†

AVB

Irrigation systems
     with chemical additives
     without chemical additives


Health
Nonhealth†


RPBA
DCVA, AVB, or PVB

Kitchen equipment - Commercial

Nonhealth†

AVB

Lab bench equipment

Health or Nonhealth†

AVB or PVB

Ornamental fountains

Health

AVB or PVB

Swimming pools
Private
Public


Nonhealth†
Nonhealth†


PVB or AG
RPBA or AG

Sewage pump

Health

AG

Sewage ejectors

Health

AG

Shampoo basins

Nonhealth†

AVB

Specimen tanks

Health

AVB or PVB

Steam generators

Nonhealth†

RPBA

Steam tables

Nonhealth†

AVB

Sterilizers

Health

RPBA

Tank vats or other vessels containing toxic
     substances

Health

RPBA

Trap primers

Health

AG

Vending machines

Nonhealth†

RPBA or PVB

Watering troughs

Health

AG or PVB

 

NOTE: AG = air gap; AVB = atmospheric vacuum breaker; DCVA = double check valve backflow prevention
assembly; PVB = pressure vacuum breaker; RPBA = reduced-pressure principle backflow prevention assembly.

*AVBs and PVBs may be used to isolate health hazards under certain conditions, that is, backsiphonage situations.
Additional area of premises isolation may be required.

†Where a greater hazard exists (due to toxicity or other potential health impact) additional area protection
with RPBAs is required.