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Colorado Springs irrigation backflow testing

Colorado Springs publishes a separate external and irrigation assembly form, which makes irrigation-specific intent worth supporting.

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City: Colorado Springs Utility: Colorado Springs Utilities Backflow Prevention Cadence: Annually after the assembly is in the program Last verified: 2026-06-29
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What to check for Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs publishes a separate external and irrigation assembly form, which makes irrigation-specific intent worth supporting.

  • Due basis: Colorado Springs Utilities requires customers to hire a backflow tester for the annual compliance test and expects test results to be entered within five days through SwiftComply.
  • Who is affected: Customers and testers working on assemblies that Colorado Springs Utilities has already surveyed into the program, including external and irrigation assemblies.
  • Program phone: 719-668-4388
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Signals that matter before you act

  • External and irrigation assemblies have a distinct form path.
  • Portal submission rules still apply.
  • Survey-first discipline matters before the utility will accept a test for a new assembly.
Workflow

Colorado Springs workflow order

  1. Confirm whether the assembly is domestic, external, or irrigation.
  2. Use the right form and portal workflow for the assembly type.
  3. Enter the result within five days and coordinate any new-assembly survey issues with the utility team.