Gainesville Regional Utilities: backflow testing rules
Serves Gainesville, FL. 4 points from Gainesville Regional Utilities's own pages, read October 7, 2026, each linked to the page it came from.
Gainesville Regional Utilities at a glance
- How the report is filed
- The certified tester must submit proof of the test to GRU within 30 days, using GRU's CCC online database or its test and maintenance report form. Source.
- Approved testers
- Gainesville Regional Utilities keeps its tester register in an online lookup on gru.com, linked and not copied. Open the lookup.
Who must test
- State and local law require property owners to test their backflow preventers, including the irrigation backflow preventers that are common in Gainesville. Source.
Notices and deadlines
- GRU sends customers a notice when their backflow preventer needs to be tested. Source.
Approved testers
- GRU publishes its list of certified testers at gru.com. Source.
Program
- Gainesville Regional Utilities runs a backflow prevention program required by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Source.
From notice to filed report, the steps are the same everywhere: how a backflow test goes.
Other water utilities in Florida
- Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department
- City of Tampa Water Department
- Orlando Utilities Commission
- Broward County Water and Wastewater Services
- City of Boca Raton Utility Services
- City of Fort Lauderdale Public Works
- City of Hollywood Public Utilities
- City of Lakeland Water Utilities
Read October 7, 2026. Program page: gru.com.