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Backflow tester certification in Nevada.
No state-issued certificate. The rule defines a certified tester as certified by CA-NV AWWA, ABPA, ASSE, or an equivalent organization the Division approves. Water systems keep their own approved tester lists.
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Who certifies
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NAC 445A.6569)
The state sets a minimum; a water system may ask for more.
What it takes
- Credential
- Certification from CA-NV AWWA, ABPA, ASSE, or an equivalent the Division approves.
- Exam
- Given by the certifying organization, for example CA-NV AWWA.
- Test kit
- Test equipment calibrated to the manufacturer's specifications at least annually. Differential gauge must read at least 0 to 15 psi in 0.2 psi increments or finer.
- Fees
- CA-NV AWWA exam: $355 members, $385 non-members.
Certificates from elsewhere
- AWWA: accepted as it is. Named in NAC 445A.6569.
- ABPA: accepted as it is. Named in NAC 445A.6569.
- ASSE 5110: accepted as it is. NAC names ASSE without a standard number.
- other: up to each water system. Equivalent organizations need Division approval. Water systems can add tester lists and rules.
No other state's certificate is named as valid here. Ask the program before you rely on one.
Where to get certified
- CA-NV Section AWWARancho Cucamonga, CA · exam · in person. Runs the BPAT exam. Fall 2026 sessions listed in Sunnyvale, Rancho Cucamonga, Newbury Park, Lake Elsinore, Sacramento, Madera and Las Vegas. Exam $355 members, $385 non-members.
Listed for convenience, not endorsed. Check that a course is on the state's approved list before you pay.
Free exam prep → Study questions, practice exams, device tests.
Test procedures for every assembly → The steps we recommend for the field exam.
Filing test reports
Each water system sets how reports are filed. TMWA uses its own online form.
Portals in use: TMWA online form (backflow.tmwa.com)
Largest water systems
Las Vegas Valley Water District
- Reports
- LVVWD tests and maintains assemblies at the meter itself, so no tester filing there. No private-assembly filing process found.
- Testers
- For privately owned assemblies LVVWD points to NAC 445A.6569 for tester qualifications.
Truckee Meadows Water Authority
- Contact
- 775-834-8080
- Reports
- Submit results online at backflow.tmwa.com with tester number, email and gauge number.
- Testers
- TMWA publishes an Approved Backflow Testers list; use a tester on it.
City of North Las Vegas Utilities
- Contact
- 702-633-1275
City of Henderson Utility Services
- Testers
- Henderson publishes a Backflow Prevention Assembly Authorized Test Companies list; contents not read.
Carson City Public Works
Sources
- NAC 445A.6569
- NAC 445A.67245
- CA-NV AWWA BPAT certification
- TMWA approved backflow testers
- TMWA backflow test submission
- LVVWD engineering FAQ
- LVVWD Service Rules chapter 6
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.