City of Savannah Water Resources: backflow testing rules
Serves Savannah, GA. Every point below comes from City of Savannah Water Resources's own pages, linked; check your notice for your own deadline.
Who must test
- Customers must have every backflow device tested each year by a certified tester recognized by the city, and again after any repair, overhaul or relocation; the city inspects devices yearly. Source.
How the report is filed
- The city's test report form says every report must be emailed or hand delivered within ten days of the test, and repairs completed within ten days. Source.
Tester registration
- A certified tester is someone who has proven field testing ability to the authority having jurisdiction, directly or through a third party certification program. Source.
If a test is missed
- The city may terminate water service where a severe health or system hazard exists until it is corrected. At health hazard sites a malfunctioning device must be repaired or replaced within 30 days. Source.
Program
- The City of Savannah Public Works and Water Resources Bureau publishes a Cross-Connection Control Policy (February 2015), linked from its Water and Sewer Resources page. Source.
How to file your backflow test with City of Savannah Water Resources
- Read your notice. It names the assembly, its location and the date the report is due.
- Book a tester City of Savannah Water Resources accepts. See finding a tester below; book early so there is time to repair a failed assembly.
- The tester tests the assembly and fills in the test report. A failed assembly is repaired and tested again.
- The report is filed. The city's test report form says every report must be emailed or hand delivered within ten days of the test, and repairs completed within ten days.Source.
- Keep a copy and set a reminder for next year. Set a free test-due reminder.
Finding a tester City of Savannah Water Resources accepts
We found no tester list on City of Savannah Water Resources's own pages. Use a state certified tester, and check your notice in case it names the testers or the portal it accepts.
Before you book, ask the tester:
- Are you registered with City of Savannah Water Resources?
- Will you send the test report to the utility for me, and how?
- When is my report due? The date is on your notice; the tester needs time to test, repair if needed and file.
Other water utilities in Georgia
- City of Atlanta Department of Watershed Management
- Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources
- DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management
- Cobb County Water System
- Athens-Clarke County Public Utilities
- Augusta Utilities Department
- Clayton County Water Authority
- Macon Water Authority
Read October 6, 2026. Program page: savannahga.gov.