Backflow Tester List

State rules

Kansas

Kansas statutes on public water supplies, published by the Department of Health and Environment, restrict cross-connections, backflow, and backsiphonage. A public water supply system may allow certain chemical application through an irrigation system or the use of the system as makeup water for a bulk chemical tank only where the system has a secretary-approved program to detect and eliminate cross-connections and prevent backflow and backsiphonage, and only with periodic inspection and current approval of an air gap or reduced-pressure-zone device. Lawn irrigation that is not used to apply fertilizers, pesticides, or other chemicals is not deemed a high-hazard water system and is not required to have a high-hazard device. The statute does not create a state tester license.

Checked against official sources on October 11, 2026. Rules and links change; confirm with the office listed before you act.

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Drinking-water agency
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment Bureau of Water oversees public-water-supply statutes on cross-connections and backflow.
Who may test an assembly
The statutes require protection and, for covered irrigation valves, access for testing and repair. They do not license testers. The water system accepts the tester.
Official program page
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K.S.A. 65-171y, in the KDHE statute compilation, says lawn irrigation connected to a public water supply that is not used to apply fertilizers, pesticides, or other chemicals is not a high-hazard water system and does not need a high-hazard device. A system installed, renovated, replaced, or extended on or after July 1, 1994, needs at least a low-hazard double check valve assembly. A valve on a new system installed after that date must be easy to test and repair. That is a device rule, not a tester license.

Where a public water supply has not adopted a secretary-approved cross-connection program, the statute still allows bulk-chemical makeup use if an air gap or reduced-pressure-zone device is used and the device meets nationally recognized standards as determined by the secretary. KDHE’s proposed-project letter says the Bureau of Water public-water-supply section can provide advice on cross-connection control to prevent wastes, wastewater, and chemicals from entering the drinking-water system. A point-of-use policy says the system must inspect installations to prevent cross-connections and ensure compliance with the local backflow program.

Nothing in the KDHE pages reviewed names ASSE, ABPA, or AWWA as a personal tester credential the state accepts. The double-check and reduced-pressure-zone language is about the device. A customer should ask the public water supply system whether it has a secretary-approved program and who that system allows to test the assembly. KDHE does not, on these pages, publish a statewide tester roster or a tester fee.

Official resources in Kansas

Kansas statutes on public water supplies

KDHE compilation including lawn-irrigation backflow limits and secretary-approved cross-connection programs.

KDHE proposed-project regulatory letter

Says the public-water-supply section can advise on cross-connection control.

KDHE point-of-use and point-of-entry policy

Says the water system must inspect installations to prevent cross-connections and follow the local program.

Key facts for Kansas

What to do next

  1. Ask the water system whether it has a secretary-approved cross-connection program.
  2. Tell the system if the irrigation system injects fertilizer or other chemicals; that changes the statutory hazard.
  3. Ask who the system accepts to test the double check or reduced-pressure-zone assembly.
  4. Do not expect KDHE to hand you a statewide tester list; these pages do not provide one.

Looking for your city or county in Kansas?

We haven't found official program-level pages for Kansas we can verify yet, so we don't show local numbers here rather than guess. Here's what to use instead, in order:

  1. General Start with the statewide information above. It applies across Kansas, but cities and counties can add their own steps, fees or deadlines.
  2. Call to confirm Ask the official office. They have the current local rule, fee and form.
    KDHE public water supply statutes
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    Phone not shown: use the contact page on the official website above.
    Your city or county office: Local governments →
    Not sure who handles it locally? USAGov's free help line, 1-844-872-4681, or the Kansas page on USA.gov can point you to the right office.
  3. Know the current info? Tell us and include a link to the official page. We check every tip before it goes up.

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