How to become a backflow tester in Michigan
Michigan splits tester recognition between the state and local water purveyors. Local water supplies administer cross-connection control programs under EGLE oversight, and since Michigan's 2023 testing-credential update EGLE points to ASSE 5110 certification as the credential for professional backflow assembly testers.
- Recognition
- hybrid
- Named programs
- On official pages
- Verified
- Official source
Start at the source
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Drinking Water and Environmental Health Division oversees cross-connection control here. Its site, www.michigan.gov, carries the current program requirements, and official pages name ASSE 5110 among recognized programs.
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
| Minnesota | state |
| Mississippi | state |
| Missouri | state |
| Montana | hybrid |
| Nebraska | state |
| Nevada | hybrid |
| New Hampshire | hybrid |
| New Jersey | state |
The instrument this trade runs on
Mid-West 845-5 5-Valve Test Kit
Arbiter Mako MK5 Digital 5-Valve Kit
Acugauge TK Plus 3-Valve Kit
BAC-FLO-5 Test KitConfirm what your jurisdiction's test procedures require before choosing a kit.The kit guide.
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