Backflow Testing in Northglenn, CO

Northglenn's Cross-Connection and Backflow program requires commercial, industrial and non-single-family residential properties such as townhomes and apartments to have approved devices tested every year by an ABPA or ASSE certified tester, with failed devices repaired, retested or replaced within 30 days. For a test or a repair, call the number on this page to be connected with a local plumber in Northglenn.

Which Northglenn properties need annual backflow tests?

Commercial and industrial properties, plus residential buildings that aren't single-family, such as townhomes and apartments. Those need approved backflow devices, tested every year by a tester certified through ABPA or ASSE. Detached single-family homes aren't named in the program, but their sprinkler devices still wear out and freeze, and a plumber can repair them.

Northglenn treats and distributes its own water at its plant on West 112th Avenue, and it runs its own wastewater facility in Weld County. Because the city owns the system, the city's program is the one that applies. The program line is 303-450-4026.

How fast do I have to act on a test result?

Quickly on both ends. A passing report has to reach the city within 10 days, either by email to [email protected] or through BSIonline.com. A failed device has to be repaired, retested or replaced within 30 days. If the first test fails, the clock starts, so it helps to hire someone who can do the repair on the same visit.

Does a backflow repair need a permit in Northglenn?

It can. The city's Building Division, with services provided by SAFEbuilt, requires permits for plumbing modifications and for outside water and sewer line repair or replacement. Swapping a device in place may not count, but relocating one or changing piping likely does. The Building Division is at 303-450-8745.

Property managers can save time by keeping a list of every assembly on site, with its location, size and last test date. In larger complexes along 120th Avenue and Washington Street, devices hide in garages, utility closets and irrigation boxes, and a tester who can find them all quickly can finish in one visit and file every report inside the 10-day window.

Call now to be connected with a local plumber in Northglenn.

(303) 529-9880

Local note

Much of Northglenn dates from the original Perl-Mack build-out starting in 1959, so many townhome and apartment complexes have older piping, and their devices may be older models with harder-to-find parts. Homeowners pay for leaks between the meter and the house. For water or sewer line issues after hours, the city's line is 303-451-1289.