Backflow Base / Tester certification / New Mexico
Backflow tester certification in New Mexico.
No New Mexico state tester certificate was found. ABCWUA, Las Cruces and Rio Rancho each set their own training, approval and filing rules.
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Who certifies
No statewide tester program found; each water system certifies or approves testers
There is no state tester certificate. Each water system decides which certificates it accepts.
What it takes
- Credential
- Tester certification or approval from the water system (Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Rio Rancho each run their own).
- Before you start
- Repairing assemblies in Albuquerque requires a Construction Industries Licensing Act mechanical license. Rio Rancho asks for a business license and any other licenses.
- Training
- Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Rio Rancho each need a 40-hour course (Albuquerque: approved by the Water Authority, based on USC FCCCHR or an ANSI-listed program).
- Exam
- Albuquerque: written and practical exams given as part of the approved course.
- Renewal
- Albuquerque: every 3 years; an 8-hour course plus 16 hours of CE, otherwise a new 40-hour course. Las Cruces: 3 years; 8 to 16 hour recert course.
- Test kit
- Albuquerque: gauge calibration report every year; tests with an uncalibrated gauge are void.
Certificates from elsewhere
- other: up to each water system. No national certification is named in the rules read. Each system approves its own course or list.
No other state's certificate is named as valid here. Ask the program before you rely on one.
Filing test reports
Reports go to the water system serving the property, on its form.
Deadline: Albuquerque: 7 calendar days. Las Cruces: 10 working days.
Largest water systems
Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority
- Contact
- 505-289-3465 · backflow@abcwua.org
- Reports
- Send the Backflow Prevention Assembly Test Report to the Cross Connection Control Office within 7 calendar days or the test is void.
- Testers
- Only testers currently certified by the Water Authority may test. Submit gauge calibration reports yearly. The ordinance may have changed since.
City of Rio Rancho Utilities
- Contact
- 505-896-8816 · UTForms@rrnm.gov
- Reports
- Test report form and where to send it not read; ask the Water Programs Coordinator.
- Testers
- Apply with a 40-hour course certificate and business license by email, mail or fax; review takes 2 to 3 weeks. City posts an approved tester list.
City of Las Cruces Utilities
- Contact
- 575-528-3551 · pretreatment@lascruces.gov
- Reports
- Fill out the city Backflow Prevention Assembly Test Report and submit within 10 working days.
- Testers
- Ordinance 1694: 40-hour city-approved course; certification lasts 3 years; the Director keeps a list of certified testers.
City of Santa Fe Water
- Reports
- Test results are submitted to the city through an online portal (portal name not on the page).
- Testers
- Tests are done by City certified contractors. Testing is being phased in: fire services, then irrigation, then commercial meters.
City of Roswell Utilities
Sources
- ABCWUA Cross Connection Ordinance, Section 8
- ABCWUA cross connections page
- ABCWUA test report form
- Rio Rancho: Apply to be a Backflow Tester
- Las Cruces Ordinance 1694
- Las Cruces test form 2024
- Santa Fe water service
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.