Backflow Testing in Colorado Springs: Rules, Costs, Testers

Backflow testing in Colorado Springs

In Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Utilities runs the backflow program: it sets who must test, when the report is due and how it is filed. 30 listed testing companies work within 25 miles of Colorado Springs.

Each fact links the page it came from. Utility and state pages were read October 6 and 7, 2026.

Who has to test in Colorado Springs

The rule depends on the utility that sends your water bill. Each line below is from that utility's own page.

Colorado Springs Utilities: State and local rules require businesses and multi-family dwellings to have backflow assemblies; businesses must have them installed and tested annually by licensed testers.

Source: Colorado Springs Utilities

How each utility takes the test report

Most utilities here take the report online through a vendor portal; the tester files it. Open a utility for its own deadline, filing steps and fees.

Utility	Report filed through	Approved tester list	Published fee
Colorado Springs Utilities	SwiftComply	Yes, loaded here	Yes

What testing costs in Colorado Springs

These are amounts the utility or a company published on its own page, shown as published, never averaged.

Colorado Springs Utilities: Test submission and support through SwiftComply is free to testers.

Source: Colorado Springs Utilities

If the test is missed

Colorado Springs Utilities: Failure to meet annual testing requirements brings fines of $405 per backflow assembly and suspension of water service pending compliance.

Source: Colorado Springs Utilities

Colorado rules behind the local programs

State rules set the minimum; the utilities above add their own deadlines and tester registration.

Under Colorado HB25-1077 (signed March 28, 2025), certified cross-connection control technicians may inspect, test and repair backflow prevention devices.
HB25-1077 amended C.R.S. 12-155-118 so that people who inspect, test or repair backflow prevention devices no longer need a plumbing licence, while people who install or remove them still do.
Colorado law (C.R.S. 25-8-107, added by HB25-1077) defines a certified cross-connection control technician as someone holding a valid backflow prevention assembly tester certification from ASSE or ABPA.

Sources: Colorado rule; Colorado rule; Colorado rule

Common questions

Who requires backflow testing in Colorado Springs?

Colorado Springs Utilities does. Check the notice it sends for your due date.

How is the test report filed?

Online in most cases: at least one utility here uses SwiftComply. The tester files the report; ask them to send you a copy.

Backflow testing companies near Colorado Springs

What the badges mean

✓ CO Utility-Approved Tester Verified On the city list: The company is on a water utility's own approved list (the second badge names the list). That is the utility's approval, not a state license, and it counts for that utility.
3 certified testers: How many certified testers the roster lists at this business.
★ 4.8 (25 reviews): The Google rating, shown as Google reports it. It does not change the order.

Order is by our quality score, never by payment. How we verify listings.

Bullseye Plumbing Heating & Air

90/100

✓ CO Utility-Approved Tester Verified ★ 4.8 (1878 reviews) On Cherokee Metro District listOn Colorado Springs Utilities list Backflow Testing

3320 N Hancock Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 · under 1 mile from Colorado Springs

Call (719) 243-1353 Details Website