Sacramento (City) Department of Utilities: backflow testing rules

Sacramento Department of Utilities at a glance

When the test is due

State regulations require property owners to have their backflow prevention assemblies tested every year by a certified tester. Source.

How the report is filed

Test results go through the city's online Sacramento Backflow Tester Portal (crossconnection.njbsoft.com), with a how-to guide on the program page. Source.

Approved testers

88 companies on Sacramento Department of Utilities's own list, read October 6, 2026, each with a "Utility-Approved Tester" badge on its card here. The list.

Approved testers

• The city publishes a Certified Backflow Assembly Testers PDF and links the USC approved assemblies list. Source.

Program

• The Department of Utilities' cross-connection control program tests public assemblies, finds risks in customer systems, makes sure high-hazard sites are protected and oversees compliance for private backflow devices. Source.

From notice to filed report, the steps are the same everywhere: how a backflow test goes.

Other water utilities in California

• Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
• East Bay Municipal Utility District
• City of San Diego Public Utilities Department
• San Jose Water
• City of Fresno Department of Public Utilities
• Long Beach Utilities
• Burbank Water and Power
• City of Modesto Utilities

Read October 7, 2026. Program page: cityofsacramento.gov.

Backflow testers near Sacramento

What the badges mean

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