Water system operators and managers
Draft your water system's cross-connection control plan: hazard surveys, backflow assembly testing and records. Free to read, pay to download.
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The first draft is free to read. Each document after it is drafted from the same confirmed facts.
Modeled on: California State Water Board Cross-Connection Control Plan templates (small and medium systems)
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is the minimum field test for every backflow prevention assembly in a California water system's program, done by a certified tester
Source: California Cross-Connection Control Policy Handbook (amended April 21, 2026)
Questions
In California, at least once a year, and also after installation, repair, winter depressurizing or relocation. Certified backflow prevention assembly testers must do the field tests. Air gaps are inspected at least once a year.
Existing systems had to submit a written Cross-Connection Control Plan within 12 months after the handbook took effect on July 1, 2024. A system may ask the State Water Board in writing for an extension. New systems submit one before getting a permit.
In California, yes if you have 3,000 or more service connections: the program coordinator must be a certified specialist, and a specialist must be reachable within one hour. Smaller systems need one if the State Water Board directs it.
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