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Backflow tester certification in Kansas.
Per Kansas Rural Water Association, only certified testers may test, and KDHE leaves wide latitude on how each water system sets its rules. No state-issued tester certificate was found.
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Who certifies
Each Kansas water system (KDHE oversees their cross-connection programs)
There is no state tester certificate. Each water system decides which certificates it accepts.
What it takes
- Credential
- Registration as a backflow tester/repairman accepted by the water system; KRWA training is the usual route
- Training
- KRWA 4-day tester/repairman course (hands-on plus written exams). Renewal is the last 2 days only.
- Exam
- Written and hands-on exams at the end of the KRWA course.
- Renewal
- Renewal course with written and hands-on exam. Interval not stated.
- Test kit
- Gauges must be calibrated at least annually; a water system may require more often.
- Fees
- KRWA article (2020) gave $225 for 4 days and $150 for renewal; confirm current.
Certificates from elsewhere
- other: up to each water system. KRWA says its training meets all standards of all Kansas municipalities for registering testers. Each system still decides.
No other state's certificate is named as valid here. Ask the program before you rely on one.
Where to get certified
- Kansas Rural Water Association (KRWA)course and exam · in person. Trains testers since 1989 and keeps a list of qualified testers. Phone 785-336-3760, krwa@krwa.net.
Listed for convenience, not endorsed. Check that a course is on the state's approved list before you pay.
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Test procedures for every assembly → The steps we recommend for the field exam.
Filing test reports
Reports go to the water system serving the property; WaterOne takes them on an online form, BPU by email or fax.
Portals in use: WaterOne online form (forms.waterone.org)
Largest water systems
WaterOne (Water District No. 1 of Johnson County)
- Contact
- 913-895-1815 · DWQ@waterone.org
- Reports
- Annual reports: online form at forms.waterone.org, using the WaterOne notification number; test only when due. New, removed or replaced assemblies: the New/Removed/Replaced Test Report Form, emailed to DWQ@waterone.org.
- Testers
- Must be a certified tester; WaterOne publishes an Approved Testers list (PDF).
City of Wichita
Kansas City Board of Public Utilities
- Contact
- 913-573-9000 · backflow@bpu.com
- Reports
- Email passing test results to backflow@bpu.com or fax (913) 573-9636, on BPU's Notice of Backflow Prevention Test Due form.
- Testers
- Tester rules not stated on the form.
City of Olathe
City of Topeka
Sources
- KRWA Backflow Device Testers
- KRWA Kansas Lifeline: Developing and Implementing a Cross Connection Control Program
- WaterOne commercial backflow requirements
- BPU Notice of Backflow Prevention Test Due form
Little of this could be confirmed from an official source. Call the program or the water system before you rely on it.
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.