Macon Water Authority: backflow testing rules
Serves Macon, GA; Macon-Bibb County, GA. Every point below comes from Macon Water Authority's own pages, linked; check your notice for your own deadline.
Who must test
- Every business with a backflow device must have it tested each year, within thirty days of the renewal date, by a certified tester. New commercial and industrial facilities and all irrigation systems need an approved device. Source.
How the report is filed
- MWA has partnered with SwiftComply; all testers in the service area must register and submit test reports online, and should not email reports to backflow@maconwater.org. Source.
Tester registration
- Testers sign up in SwiftComply by giving their testing certification and test kit information. Source.
Fees
- A $15 fee is charged on each passing test submitted through SwiftComply; failed tests are not charged. Source.
Approved testers
- The page links a State of Georgia Backflow Testers PDF and the GAWP tester search. Source.
Program
- The Macon Water Authority runs a Backflow Prevention Program modeled on the Georgia Rules for Safe Drinking Water, with a manual approved by Georgia EPD in March 2004. Source.
How to file your backflow test with Macon Water Authority
- Read your notice. It names the assembly, its location and the date the report is due.
- Book a tester Macon 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. MWA has partnered with SwiftComply; all testers in the service area must register and submit test reports online, and should not email reports to backflow@maconwater.org.Source.
- Fees. A $15 fee is charged on each passing test submitted through SwiftComply; failed tests are not charged. Source.
- Keep a copy and set a reminder for next year. Set a free test-due reminder.
Finding a tester Macon Water Authority accepts
Macon Water Authority keeps its register of testers in an online lookup on maconwater.org. We link it and do not copy it, because it changes as testers register. Open the lookup. The testers on this site hold a state certificate; registration with Macon Water Authority is a separate step.
Before you book, ask the tester:
- Are you registered with Macon Water Authority?
- Will you file the report in SwiftComply for me, and pay or pass on any filing fee?
- 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
- Clayton County Water Authority
Read October 6, 2026. Program page: maconwater.org.