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Aurora utility backflow testing requirements
Aurora Water is a strong supporting Colorado utility because it publishes a clean annual-testing rule, online submission requirement, and ownership-responsibility language.
Fast answer
Who, when, and what device?
Aurora says operational tests by a certified technician must be conducted upon installation and at least annually thereafter, and results must be submitted online before the annual test due date.
- Who is affected
- Aurora Water customers and property owners whose service requires a backflow prevention assembly, including hydrant users who need RP protection.
- Covered devices
- Required backflow prevention assemblies · Hydrant-meter RP devices · Domestic containment devices · Cross-connection control devices
- Risk if missed
- Aurora places responsibility on the billed customer or owner and expects SpryBackflow online submission before the annual due date. The practical risk is staying out of compliance because a field test was not posted to the city's online record.
What to do now
Choose the task on your notice
The official rule stays on this record; national guidance explains the task.
Exact workflow
Follow the local sequence
- 01
Identify the responsible party for the service.
- 02
Use a certified technician to perform installation and annual operational testing.
- 03
Submit the test results through SpryBackflow before the due date.
- 04
For hydrant or temporary outdoor use, provide the required RP protection and current test data.
Tester gate
Who can produce an accepted result?
Certified technician status, Test equipment make, model, and serial number, Calibration certificate
Submission route
Where the result goes
Aurora SpryBackflow online submission
Report packet: Responsible water customer or property owner, Annual due date, Assembly record, Hydrant-meter RP test data when applicable
Tester credentials: Certified technician status, Test equipment make, model, and serial number, Calibration certificate
Look for the utility service address, responsible party or customer record, assembly record, and annual due-date clue before opening SpryBackflow.
Report acceptance depends on using the named portal or online submission path; keep proof that the report was submitted.
- Aurora Water backflow prevention program page
- Aurora SpryBackflow online submission online test result submission
- Aurora hydrant meter program hydrant backflow guidance
Local detail
Property, device, and enforcement notes
Open the parts that match the property and system. These details stay subordinate to the fast workflow above.
Program and failure notes
- Aurora requires SpryBackflow online submission before the due date.
- The owner or billed customer is explicitly responsible.
- Hydrant use has its own RP requirement with current test data.
- Annual testing is explicit on the public page.
- Results are submitted through the Aurora Water SpryBackflow site rather than held offline.
- Responsibility sits with the water customer or property owner.
Residential notes
- Aurora assigns responsibility to the billed water customer or the property owner, which matters for single-site ownership and property-management setups.
- Residential properties can still enter the program where the city requires a protected service.
Commercial notes
- Aurora's clear owner responsibility and online-due-date workflow make it usable for commercial lead intent.
- Hydrant-meter use adds another practical compliance path beyond ordinary building service.
Irrigation
Aurora does not publish a separate irrigation mini-program as strongly as Denver does, but the annual testing and protected-service rules still apply to landscape risk when an assembly is required.
- Annual test discipline still applies once an irrigation-related assembly is required.
- Landscape and outdoor water uses can surface cross-connection risks even when the page is not branded as an irrigation program.
- Hydrant-related outdoor water use explicitly requires RP protection.
Cost and fee context
Testing is market-priced, but missing the SpryBackflow due-date workflow can create avoidable compliance friction.
Repair and retest costs vary by service type and whether temporary or outdoor water-use protection is involved.
Aurora's value is the clear annual workflow and owner-responsibility language, not a published test-price table.
Evidence ledger
Official sources
Aurora is a good Colorado utility because it publishes the annual due-date rule, SpryBackflow online result submission, responsibility assignment, and a separate hydrant-meter RP requirement.
BackflowVerdict summarizes these records; the governing entity remains the authority.
Open official program page- 01Aurora Water backflow preventionofficial program pageOpen source ↗
- 02Aurora SpryBackflow online submissionofficial linked reporting siteOpen source ↗
- 03Aurora hydrant meter programofficial hydrant guidanceOpen source ↗
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