George L. Thompson is a senior principle engineer with The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, GA, where he has worked since October 1985. During the past 22 years, he has worked in various positions of responsibility with a primary focus on post-mix dispensing systems. Between 1999 and 2000, he actively worked with the equipment suppliers to evaluate and implement the ASSE 1022 backflow preventer standard and with ASSE as a member of the working group for the latest revision of ASSE Standard 1022. Reach him at gthompson@na.ko.com.