City of Aiken: backflow testing rules
Serves Aiken, SC. Every point below comes from City of Aiken's own pages, linked; check your notice for your own deadline.
Who must test
- Residential irrigation systems installed after June 13, 2000 must have a testable device tested bi-annually (the page's word); commercial systems stay on an annual schedule. Source.
- Commercial systems remain on the annual testing schedule. Source.
- The residential dual check is no longer acceptable backflow protection on any new lawn irrigation sprinkler system; DC, PVB or AVB are acceptable for simple systems, RP or air gap with chemicals. Source.
How the report is filed
- After testing, a copy of the results must be faxed to the City of Aiken Backflow Prevention Officer, on the City test report form. Source.
Tester registration
- All testing must be done by a state certified backflow prevention tester. Source.
Program
- The City of Aiken describes its cross connection control program on its Backflow Prevention & Testing page and keeps records of assemblies and annual test results. Source.
How to file your backflow test with City of Aiken
- Read your notice. It names the assembly, its location and the date the report is due.
- Book a tester City of Aiken 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. After testing, a copy of the results must be faxed to the City of Aiken Backflow Prevention Officer, on the City test report form.Source.
- Keep a copy and set a reminder for next year. Set a free test-due reminder.
Finding a tester City of Aiken accepts
We found no tester list on City of Aiken'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 City of Aiken?
- 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 South Carolina
- Greenville Water
- City of Columbia Water
- Charleston Water System
- Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority
- Spartanburg Water
- Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority
- Mount Pleasant Waterworks
- Startex-Jackson-Wellford-Duncan Water District
Read October 6, 2026. Program page: cityofaikensc.gov.