City of Midland Utilities: backflow testing rules
Serves Midland, TX. 6 points from City of Midland Utilities's own pages, read October 7, 2026, each linked to the page it came from.
City of Midland Utilities at a glance
- When the test is due
- Assemblies must be tested when installed, repaired or moved, and the city follows the International Plumbing Code rule that every backflow device is inspected annually. Source.
- How the report is filed
- Testers enter test and maintenance reports directly into the online system run by Vepo, LLC; the city no longer accepts paper reports. Source.
- Approved testers
- City of Midland Utilities keeps its tester register in an online lookup on vepollc.com, linked and not copied. Open the lookup.
Notices and deadlines
- The city mails a letter each year to residential customers who have known backflow devices. Source.
Tester registration
- Every backflow prevention assembly tester must register with Vepo, LLC. After licence, insurance and gauge accuracy are verified, the tester joins the approved list. Source.
- Assemblies on fire sprinkler systems must be tested or repaired by a tester who works full time for a fire sprinkler company licensed with the State Fire Marshal. Source.
Approved testers
- The program page links a Find a Tester list of approved testers hosted by VEPO at vepollc.com. Source.
Program
- Midland's Backflow Prevention page explains that state rules make public water suppliers enforce a cross connection control program, and the city's plumbing code needs a backflow preventer on irrigation systems, pools and hot tubs. Source.
From notice to filed report, the steps are the same everywhere: how a backflow test goes.
Other water utilities in Texas
- Houston Public Works
- San Antonio Water System
- Dallas Water Utilities
- Austin Water
- Fort Worth Water
- El Paso Water
- Arlington Water Utilities
- Corpus Christi Water
Read October 7, 2026. Program page: midlandtexas.gov.