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City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management: backflow testing rules

Serves Atlanta, GA. Every point below comes from City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management's own pages, linked; check your notice for your own deadline.

Who must test

  • All commercial water customers need a backflow prevention assembly, plus some residential customers such as those with irrigation systems or certain home-based businesses. Source.
  • The City expects affected property owners to have assemblies installed and tested before the business opens. Source.

How the report is filed

  • Atlanta moved to SwiftComply for digital test report entry and accepts test reports only through that software; testers request an account through the sc-tester.com form. Source.

Tester registration

  • Any tester or testing company admin needs a SwiftComply account, created after filling out the City's sc-tester.com form; account instructions arrive within one business day. Source.

Fees

  • There is a cost to submit test reports through SwiftComply, charged only for passing tests; failed tests are not charged. Source.

Approved testers

  • The program page links a List of Registered Backflow Assembly Testers (PDF). PDF on Google Drive). Source.

Read October 6, 2026. Program page: atlantawatershed.org.

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