Services
Backflow preventer testing, set to the water utility's own rules.
1Stop schedules backflow preventer assembly testing for managed properties, with the result reported on the job. A failed assembly is sent to plumbing for repair. It is scheduled work, so it can be booked in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake and Polk counties today.
All 33 services- Response targetOrange, Osceola and Seminole counties
- Scheduled
- Billed
- Per job
- Bookable today
- 5 of 58 counties
- Last updated
- October 8, 2026
What is included
What does backflow testing cover?
- Backflow preventer assemblies tested on the property's service connections.
- Test results recorded on the job for the property's file.
- Failed assemblies flagged and routed to plumbing for repair.
- Before and after photos attached to the job.
Emergencies
When is it an emergency?
Backflow testing is scheduled, not dispatched as an emergency. It is booked to a date, ahead of the annual test the utility requires.
A failed assembly goes to plumbing for repair, and a leak or burst line goes out as plumbing or emergency restoration, marked Emergency if water is coming in.
Licensing
What license does a vendor need in Florida?
General information, not legal advice.
Florida has no state backflow tester license. Rule 62-555.360 of the Florida Administrative Code makes each community water system's cross-connection control program set the qualifications of the people who test backflow preventer assemblies, and the test procedures. A tester's qualifications are therefore whatever the property's water utility requires.
The rule says assemblies required at non-residential service connections are tested after installation or repair and at least annually, and assemblies at residential connections at least every two years. An assembly that fails to meet performance standards must be repaired.
Installing or repairing a backflow assembly is plumbing work. Section 489.105(3)(m) of the Florida Statutes defines a plumbing contractor as one who may install, maintain, repair, alter or extend plumbing.
Any Florida license can be checked by name or number on the state's Verify a Licensee search at myfloridalicense.com.
Where
Where can I book backflow testing?
- Taking vendors
- Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Calhoun, Citrus, Clay, Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Gulf, Hamilton, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Holmes, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Madison, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Nassau, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Pasco, Pinellas, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia, Wakulla, Walton and Washington. No response target yet; ask about a property first.
Targets, not a contractual guarantee, until a service agreement says otherwise.
Questions
Questions about backflow testing.
Does a backflow testing vendor need a license in Florida?
There is no state backflow tester license. Rule 62-555.360 of the Florida Administrative Code has each community water system's cross-connection control program set tester qualifications and test procedures, so the water utility decides who may test.
How often does a backflow assembly have to be tested, and what if it fails?
Under Rule 62-555.360, assemblies at non-residential service connections are tested after installation or repair and at least annually, and residential ones at least every two years. A failed assembly must be repaired, and the repair is plumbing work under s. 489.105(3)(m).
Sources
Where these facts come from.
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Put the next backflow testing job on the board.
Request it for a property in Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties, or book it as planned work in Lake and Polk. Vendors who do this work can apply.