City of Glendale Water Services (Cross Connection Control Program): backflow testing rules

Who must test

• Glendale City Code Chapter 33 requires installation, testing and maintenance of approved backflow devices at every service connection, and commercial customers must have assemblies inspected annually. Source.
• Chapter 33 of the Glendale City Code requires approved backflow prevention devices at every service connection, built to city standards. Source.

Notices and deadlines

• Accurate test reports must be submitted within or by the end of the month they are due; testers are advised to get the owner's notification letter before testing. Source.

How the report is filed

• Test reports, gauge calibrations, tester certifications and company documents are submitted online through the SAMS backflow tester portal (crossconnection.njbsoft.com/glendaleaz). Source.

Tester registration

• Testers who want to work in Glendale submit a Tester Application and Agreement with current tester certification, gauge calibration, contractor information and an insurance certificate through the SAMSXC Unified Tester Portal. Source.
• The Certified Tester Application asks for copies of the contractor's licence, current insurance coverage, State of Arizona tax ID number, gauge test certificate and tester certification, one form per tester. Source.
• All test equipment must be calibrated annually and the reports submitted each year; missing reports remove the equipment, tester or company from the List of Recognized Testers until received. Source.
• Each tester completes the required course to become a Certified Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester and retests every three years; reports from testers with lapsed certificates are not accepted. Source.

Fees

• Glendale requires a backflow installation permit for all new installations, retrofits and replacements, and will not accept reports on new or replaced assemblies without a permit and inspection. No fee amount is stated. Source.

Approved testers

• The Water Services page links the list of approved certified backflow testers recognized by Glendale. not downloaded). Source.

If a test is missed

• Problem, incomplete, false or unsigned reports and unpermitted installations can bring a written warning, then a three month and a six month suspension from the recognized testers list. Source.

Read October 6, 2026. Program page: glendaleaz.gov.

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