Augusta Utilities Department: backflow testing rules
Serves Augusta, GA; Augusta-Richmond County, GA. Every point below comes from Augusta Utilities Department's own pages, linked; check your notice for your own deadline.
Who must test
- All commercial businesses in Augusta Richmond County need at least a double check assembly; homes get dual check devices, and all new construction must install backflow devices. Source.
- Backflow assemblies must be tested and certified when installed and at least once a year after that; residential devices are replaced every five years. Source.
How the report is filed
- Newly installed devices must be tested within five days and the results sent to Augusta Utilities within 10 days; all test results go to the department on its Assembly Test Data and Maintenance Report form. Source.
If a test is missed
- If a device fails its test, the owner has thirty days to repair or replace it. Source.
Program
- Georgia required Augusta Utilities to set up a cross connection backflow prevention program in 1996, enforced from January 1997, starting with major industries and now small commercial accounts. Source.
How to file your backflow test with Augusta Utilities Department
- Read your notice. It names the assembly, its location and the date the report is due.
- Book a tester Augusta Utilities Department accepts. See finding a tester below; book early so there is time to repair a failed assembly.
- The tester tests the assembly and fills in the test report. A failed assembly is repaired and tested again.
- The report is filed. Newly installed devices must be tested within five days and the results sent to Augusta Utilities within 10 days; all test results go to the department on its Assembly Test Data and Maintenance Report form.Source.
- Keep a copy and set a reminder for next year. Set a free test-due reminder.
Finding a tester Augusta Utilities Department accepts
We found no tester list on Augusta Utilities Department's own pages. Use a state certified tester, and check your notice in case it names the testers or the portal it accepts.
Before you book, ask the tester:
- Are you registered with Augusta Utilities Department?
- Will you send the test report to the utility for me, and how?
- When is my report due? The date is on your notice; the tester needs time to test, repair if needed and file.
Other water utilities in Georgia
- City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
- Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources
- DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management
- Cobb County Water System
- Athens-Clarke County Public Utilities
- City of Savannah Water Resources
- Clayton County Water Authority
- Macon Water Authority
Read October 6, 2026. Program page: augustaga.gov.