BackflowNear Test-Due Reminder

El Paso Water: backflow testing rules

Serves El Paso, TX. Every point below comes from El Paso Water's own pages, linked; check your notice for your own deadline.

Who must test

  • EPWater inspects every assembly at installation; after that every assembly must be tested annually by a TCEQ licensed tester and the original report given to EPWater. Source.
  • Containment assemblies are tested at installation, repair or relocation and at least annually; on new services they must pass a test before water service is turned on. Source.

Notices and deadlines

  • Per the manual, customers get at least two written notices: the first gives 30 days to test, the second 15 days; after that EPWater may terminate water service until the assembly is tested. Source.

How the report is filed

  • Per the manual, the technician sends the original passing test report to the Cross-Connection Control Program Manager within one week of the test, with a copy faxed or mailed to the program management firm; failing reports are not submitted. Source.

Tester registration

  • Per the Cross-Connection Control Manual of Procedures (revised October 2006, linked from the program page), technicians register with the Cross-Connection Control Program Manager before testing, receive a certification number for every report, and reapply each year. Source.
  • Per the manual, test equipment must be calibrated for accuracy every year by a qualified calibration facility, and the gauge serial number goes on the test report. Source.

Fees

  • Per the manual, EPWater charges the customer a $50 inspection fee for each new backflow prevention assembly installed. Source.

If a test is missed

  • If the customer does not comply with the second written notice, El Paso Water may terminate water service until the assembly is tested. Source.

How to file your backflow test with El Paso Water

  1. Read your notice. Per the manual, customers get at least two written notices: the first gives 30 days to test, the second 15 days; after that EPWater may terminate water service until the assembly is tested.Source.
  2. Book a tester El Paso Water accepts. See finding a tester below; book early so there is time to repair a failed assembly.
  3. The tester tests the assembly and fills in the test report. A failed assembly is repaired and tested again.
  4. The report is filed. Per the manual, the technician sends the original passing test report to the Cross-Connection Control Program Manager within one week of the test, with a copy faxed or mailed to the program management firm; failing reports are not submitted.Source.
  5. Fees. Per the manual, EPWater charges the customer a $50 inspection fee for each new backflow prevention assembly installed. Source.
  6. Keep a copy and set a reminder for next year. Set a free test-due reminder.

Finding a tester El Paso Water accepts

We found no tester list on El Paso Water'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 El Paso Water?
  • 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.

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Read October 6, 2026. Program page: epwater.org.

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