Addison approves up to $50,000 for townwide backflow and cross‑connection survey

The Village of Addison on Aug. 18 approved a resolution authorizing Backflow Solutions, Inc. to perform a cross‑connection and backflow device survey for the community and waived the formal bid process for the work, the board said.

The survey responds to an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency requirement that all properties with water meters be surveyed for cross connections and backflow devices, Village staff told trustees. The contract is for a not‑to‑exceed amount of $50,000 and will be funded from account number 500.5010‑4110.

Brian (staff member), who presented the proposal to the committee earlier in the evening, said the town has roughly 9,600 residences that would be part of the survey and that Backflow Solutions Inc., frequently shortened to BSI in the discussion, will create a custom URL and web form for electronic responses, mail postcards with instructions, catalog results and supply a comprehensive report for submittal to the Illinois EPA. "Backflow prevention devices are necessary whenever anybody has outdoor irrigation systems or fire suppression systems, and these devices protect the water distribution system," Brian said.

Brian told trustees the vendor charges $5 per household for the service and that BSI had previously worked with the village on backflow inventory for industrial users, a factor cited in the request to waive the formal bid process. The committee recommended approval earlier in the evening, and the full board adopted the resolution by roll call: Trustees Del Rosario, Klusny, O'Brien and Reyes voted yes; two trustees were absent.

The resolution directs the village administration to execute the agreement with Backflow Solutions Inc. up to $50,000 and to accept the vendor's deliverables, including the electronic survey platform and the final report to the Illinois EPA. No amendments to the resolution were recorded during the meeting.

The action closes the compliance step identified by staff but does not itself change local water‑use or permitting policies; it funds a survey and reporting work product to satisfy the Illinois EPA requirement.