City of Santa Ana Water Resources: backflow testing rules

City of Santa Ana Water Resources at a glance

How the report is filed

Backflow test reports must go through the SwiftComply portal. Email, mail and fax reports are not accepted. Source.

Fee

SwiftComply charges a $10 fee for each passing test. Failed tests carry no charge. Source.

Approved testers

No tester list on the City of Santa Ana Water Resources pages read here. Ask a California certified tester whether City of Santa Ana Water Resources has them on file.

Who must test

• Water customers must make sure there are no unprotected cross connections and that required backflow devices are tested to state requirements and kept working. Source.

Tester registration

• Testers must be certified by an organization the State Water Board recognizes, hold a City of Santa Ana business license and keep an active SwiftComply account. Source.

Program

• State rules require Santa Ana water customers to take measures that protect the public water system from backflow. Source.

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

Other water utilities in California

• Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
• East Bay Municipal Utility District
• City of San Diego Public Utilities Department
• San Jose Water
• City of Fresno Department of Public Utilities
• Long Beach Utilities
• Burbank Water and Power
• City of Modesto Utilities

Read October 7, 2026. Program page: santa-ana.gov.

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