Backflow Certification

Per the Broward County Cross Connection Backflow Prevention Ordinance:
(Chapter 43 Section 212 of the County Code of Ordinances)

All COMMERCIAL, INSTITIUTIONAL, AND GOVERNMENTAL customers as well as MULT-FAMILY BUILDINGS OVER THREE STORIES that are potable water customers of Broward County's Water & Wastewater Services, "shall be responsible for the protection of the utility system from contamination or pollution due to the backflow or backsiphonage of contaminants or pollutants through the water service connection.  The owner shall install a Backflow Prevention assembly at no cost to Broward County".

The appropriate Backflow Prevention assembly must be tested and certified annually by a licensed backflow technician.  (Click here  to link to the Backflow Prevention Assembly Field Test Report)

Test results must be submitted timely to Backflow Coordinator, Cindy Thomas:

Phone: Fax:	954-831-3276 954-831-0959	Mail: Attn:	Water & Wastewater Services Cindy Thomas 2555 W. Copans Rd. Pompano Beach, FL 33069-1233

Customers subject to the requirement may apply for a waiver from backflow requirements if they can establish that annual water use is les than the water used in a typical single family home and that there are no substances at the location which are potential water pollutants or contaminants.
(Click here to link to the Backflow Waiver of Certification)

The application must be submitted with a non-refundable $50 processing charge.  Please see the application for a more detailed list of disqualifying conditions. (Multi-family units may not apply for a waiver)