Backflow

The first and most obvious priority of a public water system is to provide high-quality drinking water to its customers. Doing this requires far more than simply filling pipes with water and sending it down the road for consumption. It’s our job to keep the public water supply free of contaminants.

A multi- barrier approach to protecting the water supply starts with drinking water production but doesn’t end once it’s gone through your water meter. Public health requires elimination or control of every potential source of contamination that exists. That includes preventing potential contaminants introduced from the customer’s property from flowing back into the distribution system by way of backflow.

All public water systems are required by the Oregon Health Authority to operate a cross connection control program. Under the regulations, water suppliers such as Rockwood Water PUD must conduct an active program to identify and eliminate all unprotected cross connections and certify that all protected cross connections are maintained as required by the regulations.

A Cross Connection is any connection between potable (drinking) water, and non-potable (non-drinking) water.

Click here to download the District’s backflow specifications.

Backflow Testers

Backflow assemblies must be tested by a tester certified by the Oregon Health Authority to perform backflow tests. Backflow assemblies must be tested by a tester certified by the Oregon Health Authority to perform backflow tests. Following is a list of the testers approved to file test results electronically for Rockwood Water and who are certified by the Oregon Health Authority. Please provide your location code to your tester. Your location code can be found on the Test Required Notice you received from Rockwood Water.  You can also obtain your location code by contacting our backflow department at 503-674-4510 or backflow@rwpud.org. You can also call our main office 503-665-4179.

Backflow Customer Portal

You can view your test results by registering on our backflow Customer Portal at https://palladium.formlinksystems.com/Owner/Portal/8940557.  You will need your location code to view your results after you have registered.

Email Option

If you would like to have your test results automatically emailed to you, please contact the Backflow Department via email at backflow@rwpud.org and request to have your email added to our backflow database.  Please note:  you will not receive email results for tests that have already been completed.