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Install check valves to prevent floodwater from backing up your home's drains.
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
The air is pushed through the check valve, compressing everything down as much as possible.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2024
But since the water is moving into a closed valve, it is redirected up past the other check valve, B, and causes the air space to be compressed.
—WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
Since then, engineers have replaced and tested a check valve on the upper stage and fixed a small leak within the tail service mast umbilical used during fueling, said Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager at NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 May 2022
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Aug. 2024
The air is pushed through the check valve, compressing everything down as much as possible.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 17 July 2024
But since the water is moving into a closed valve, it is redirected up past the other check valve, B, and causes the air space to be compressed.
—WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
Since then, engineers have replaced and tested a check valve on the upper stage and fixed a small leak within the tail service mast umbilical used during fueling, said Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager at NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems Program.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 27 May 2022
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“Check valve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/check%20valve. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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