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Backflow tester certification in Alabama.
ADEM Chapter 335-7-9 requires each community water system to adopt a written cross-connection policy with an inspection program. It does not mention tester certification, so each water system decides who may test.
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Who certifies
There is no state tester certificate. Each water system decides which certificates it accepts.
What it takes
- Credential
- Set by each water system. Central Alabama Water requires a current certification from an accredited backflow school.
- Exam
- Central Alabama Water also gives its own backflow test to testers who apply for its list.
Certificates from elsewhere
- other: up to each water system. Chapter 335-7-9 names no tester credential. Each system decides.
No other state's certificate is named as valid here. Ask the program before you rely on one.
Filing test reports
Customers must have assemblies tested by an approved tester and the results given to the water system. Method varies by system.
Largest water systems
Central Alabama Water
- Reports
- Policy says tests and reports by an approved certified tester must be provided to the Board. Assemblies are tested within 30 days of installation and annually.
- Testers
- To be on the Board Tester's List, hold a current certification from an accredited backflow school, then arrange a date with the System Development Department for the Board's own test. Testers follow the Board's falsification guidelines; approval can be suspended or revoked.
Huntsville Utilities
Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS)
- Contact
- 251-694-3165
- Reports
- MAWSS publishes a Certified Backflow Testers page with a testers list and a certified plumbers list. Filing method not stated.
- Testers
- Tester list and plumber list maintained by MAWSS; qualification rules not read. Phone is the 24/7 emergency line on its site.
Montgomery Water Works and Sanitary Sewer Board
Tuscaloosa Water and Sewer
Sources
- ADEM Admin. Code ch. 335-7-9 Cross-Connection Control Requirements
- Central Alabama Water Backflow Policy (2026)
- MAWSS Backflow Prevention
- MAWSS Certified Backflow Testers
Checked 2026-10-19 against each state's own program pages and rules. Rules change; confirm with the program before you book an exam or a test. Spot something out of date? hello@backflowbase.com.
The software
- Bookings from a booking page, your own website, and an AI receptionist on your phone.
- Schedule board and route for each tester.
- Field app that scores every test, even with no signal.
- Test reports sent to the water system that serves each address.
- Card payments to your own Stripe account, and yearly renewals that charge after the test.
- Client portal for HOAs, property managers and contractors.
- $50/month flat: no per-test fee, no cut of payments.
- Every feature →What the app does, part by part.
- Compare →Next to other backflow and field-service software.
- Start free →No card. $50/month or $500/year once you go live, 45 days free.
- Free exam prep →Study questions, practice exams, device tests, a VR wet lab.