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Backflow tester certification in Pennsylvania.
25 Pa. Code 109.709 makes the customer responsible for backflow protection and has DEP direct suppliers to run cross-connection control programs. It says nothing about tester qualifications, so each supplier sets them.
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Who certifies
Each Pennsylvania public water supplier (25 Pa. Code 109.709); no state tester certificate found
There is no state tester certificate. Each water system decides which certificates it accepts.
What it takes
- Credential
- Set by each water system. Pittsburgh Water requires ASSE certification; Philadelphia requires city-registered certified technicians.
- Test kit
- Pittsburgh Water requires a calibration certificate for each test gauge uploaded to the portal.
Certificates from elsewhere
- ASSE 5110: up to each water system. Pittsburgh Water requires an ASSE-certified tester; the series number is not stated.
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; each has its own form, portal or tester registration.
Largest water systems
Philadelphia Water Department
- Contact
- 215-685-8068 · ccc.bls@phila.gov
- Reports
- Test and Maintenance Record is form 79-770; the page opened does not say how it is submitted. Contact the PWD Backflow Compliance Group, 9001 State Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19136.
- Testers
- Technicians register on Form CR-100 as City-Certified Backflow Assembly Technicians; the city publishes weekly lists of certified technicians for domestic and fire sprinkler systems. Requirements are in the City-Certified Backflow Prevention Technician Resource Guide (not read).
Aqua Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania American Water (Pittsburgh)
Pittsburgh Water
- Contact
- 412-255-2423 · backflowinfo@pgh2o.com
- Reports
- Submit through the Backflow Test Submission Portal (backflow.pgh2o.com). Create an account and upload your certification card, number and a calibration certificate for each test gauge. Tests at least every 12 months.
- Testers
- ASSE-certified testers only.
Erie Water Works
Sources
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 Spot something out of date?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.