Fort Smith Utilities (City of Fort Smith Utility Department): backflow testing rules
Serves Fort Smith and water service area. Every point below comes from Fort Smith Utilities (City of Fort Smith Utility Department)'s own pages, linked; check your notice for your own deadline.
Who must test
- Program ordinance PDF (file dated 2009 in its name; current text not confirmed). Source.
- Irrigation systems require an RPZA. Source.
Notices and deadlines
- Ordinance 3.1.10. Anniversary or mailed notice mechanics not stated. Source.
How the report is filed
- Report sent by email, fax or U.S. mail on city form. Source.
Tester registration
- Page; no city registration, insurance or gauge rule found. Source.
Fees
- Ordinance PDF dated in file name 2009; DCVA and DDCVA also carry a $94.00 inspection fee. Source.
Approved testers
- Page link points to a 2023 PDF URL that now returns the utility home page; a June 2012 list exists at fortsmithwater.org/pdfs/CCCP-A-I-List-of-Certified-Testers.pdf and is stale. Source.
Program
- The fortsmithar.gov page returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch, so the utility's own site was used. Source.
Read October 6, 2026. Program page: fortsmithwater.org.