Clayton County Water Authority: backflow testing rules
Serves Clayton County, GA. Every point below comes from Clayton County Water Authority's own pages, linked; check your notice for your own deadline.
Who must test
- Unlike most Georgia utilities, CCWA's State Certified Backflow Specialists test and repair all backflow devices each year, so customers do not hire their own tester. That is about 5,000 commercial and industrial devices a year. Source.
Notices and deadlines
- CCWA tests each device once a year on a schedule built around its meter reading cycles. Source.
Fees
- Non-residential accounts pay a monthly backflow fee per service connection, effective July 1, 2012: $10 for 5/8 and 3/4 inch meters, $15 for 1 and 1.5 inch, $20 for 2 inch and larger. Source.
- The largest meter tier, 2 inch and up, pays $20 a month to cover testing and repairs. Source.
Program
- CCWA's Backflow Prevention program put backflow devices at all customer connections, installed by its own staff. Source.
How to file your backflow test with Clayton County Water Authority
- Read your notice. CCWA tests each device once a year on a schedule built around its meter reading cycles.Source.
- Book a tester Clayton County Water Authority 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. Ask the tester how they send it to the utility, and get a copy.
- Fees. Non-residential accounts pay a monthly backflow fee per service connection, effective July 1, 2012: $10 for 5/8 and 3/4 inch meters, $15 for 1 and 1.5 inch, $20 for 2 inch and larger. Source.
- Keep a copy and set a reminder for next year. Set a free test-due reminder.
Finding a tester Clayton County Water Authority accepts
We found no tester list on Clayton County Water Authority'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 Clayton County Water Authority?
- 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
- City of Savannah Water Resources
- Macon Water Authority
Read October 6, 2026. Program page: ccwa.us.