When I was in college — more years ago than I would like to admit — I served as a resident assistant in my university's residence halls. Each floor had a vacuum students could use to clean their rooms ...

If you're selling your home in Minneapolis or Bloomington, you'll probably have to pick up a vacuum breaker or two. A vacuum breaker, commonly referred to as a backflow preventer, is a device that ...

Having water in your yard where you need it is a real blessing. Remember, people used to have to carry it by hand. But come winter, those hoses, pipes, and valves are susceptible to the cold. As the ...

Most homeowners who live in cold climates know it’s important to “winterize” the outside faucets to prevent them from freezing, which can destroy the faucet or lead to a burst pipe. The problem is ...

Columbia Power & Water Systems is alerting customers to the potential hazards created by cross contamination of drinking ...