Brownsville Public Utilities Board: backflow testing rules
Serves Brownsville, TX. Every point below comes from Brownsville Public Utilities Board's own pages, linked; check your notice for your own deadline.
Who must test
- BPUB's Cross-Connection and Backflow Prevention Program requires backflow prevention assemblies to be tested every year. Source.
- Backflow prevention assemblies must be tested when installed and every year after, following BPUB performance standards and field test procedures. Source.
Notices and deadlines
- BPUB sends notification letters for annual testing of external and internal backflow assemblies at commercial and residential sites. Source.
How the report is filed
- The tester completes a BPUB Test and Maintenance Report for each assembly on the premises, using BPUB's domestic/irrigation or fireline forms. Source.
Tester registration
- Irrigation assemblies are tested by a licensed backflow prevention assembly tester; assemblies on fire line services must be tested by a licensed fireline tester. Source.
Approved testers
- BPUB links a Cross Connection Control and Backflow Prevention List of Testers (PDF). Not downloaded. Source.
If a test is missed
- After installation, the installer must call BPUB for inspection or risk termination of service. Source.
Read October 6, 2026. Program page: bpub.com.