How to become a backflow tester in Kentucky
Kentucky splits tester recognition between the state and local water purveyors. Kentucky's state plumbing code (815 KAR 20:180, enforced by the HBC Division of Plumbing) requires periodic inspection of backflow preventers and at-least-annual testing of reduced pressure principle assemblies but names no state backflow tester credential, and the Division of Water's cross-connection materials are advisory, so water purveyors decide which tester certifications they accept.
- Recognition
- hybrid
- Named programs
- Ask purveyors
- Verified
- Partially
Start at the source
Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet, Division of Water (with the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction, Division of Plumbing) oversees cross-connection control here. Its site, eec.ky.gov, carries the current program requirements.
Verify locally
Parts of this state's structure could not be fully confirmed against official sources; the authority and your purveyors are the final word.
The path, wherever you are
- Confirm which certifications the authority and your target purveyors accept.
- Complete a recognized tester course, typically a multi-day class ending in a written exam and a hands-on practical on the main assembly families. The ASSE 5110 requirements are the national reference point.
- Register with the authority or each purveyor, per their process, and keep your gauge calibration documented.
- Renew on the recert clock before it lapses: the two-clock sheet makes the schedule automatic, and backflow tester recertification explains the three-year cycle.
Before committing, read what backflow testing pays andhow to become a backflow tester, which walks the course, exam and practical that every state path runs through.
Other states
| Louisiana | state |
| Maine | purveyor |
| Maryland | state |
| Massachusetts | state |
| Michigan | hybrid |
| Minnesota | state |
| Mississippi | state |
| Missouri | state |
The instrument this trade runs on
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