City of Rio Rancho Utilities: backflow testing rules

City of Rio Rancho Utilities at a glance

When the test is due

Backflow assemblies are tested each year to make sure they work, and repaired if damaged. Source.

Fee

Each assembly type (containment, service line, irrigation or fire line) carries a $100 registration fee under City Ordinance Chapter 54. Source.

Approved testers

113 companies on City of Rio Rancho Utilities's own list, read October 6, 2026, each with a "Utility-Approved Tester" badge on its card here. The list.

Tester registration

• Testers apply to the city with form UT-UTO-01.04 (E), a certificate from a 40 hour backflow assembly course and a business license, by email to UTForms@rrnm.gov, mail or fax. Source.

Approved testers

• City publishes a list of backflow testers. Source.

Program

• Rio Rancho's Backflow Prevention Program covers containment, service line, irrigation and fire line assemblies, mostly at businesses and some homes. Source.

From notice to filed report, the steps are the same everywhere: how a backflow test goes.

Other water utilities in New Mexico

• Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
• City of Santa Fe Water Division

Read October 7, 2026. Program page: rrnm.gov.

Backflow testers near Rio Rancho

What the badges mean

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