Backflow Testing in Wake Forest, NC

Wake Forest grew up fast, and its backflow needs grew with it. The master-planned communities — Heritage, Wakefield, and the newer subdivisions pushing north along US-1 — are full of in-ground irrigation, and every one of those systems needs a backflow assembly to keep lawn-line water from siphoning back into the drinking supply. Downtown’s older properties and small commercial buildings carry their own assemblies on fire and process lines. All of it has to be tested and certified on a schedule.

Because Wake Forest’s water and sewer merged into Raleigh back in 2005, the rules here are Raleigh Water’s rules, not a separate town ordinance. (Worth noting: the Town still runs its own electric utility, Wake Forest Power — but that has nothing to do with backflow.) For most assemblies that means annual testing, scheduled by your property’s ZIP code, performed and filed by a City-certified tester. We are certified to test on the program, and we handle the part most homeowners dread: the paperwork.

When we test, we run the assembly through its full certification, document the result, and submit it to Raleigh Water electronically for you. If it passes, you’re done for the cycle. If it fails, we tell you exactly what’s wrong and what it takes to get it passing — and we can rebuild or replace it on the spot rather than leaving you to chase down a second contractor.

Wake Forest is served by Raleigh Water, so its cross-connection control program is Raleigh’s. Here is what that means in practice for your property:

• Most assemblies test annually, on a schedule set by your property’s ZIP code, with notices typically going out about two months ahead.
• Irrigation has its own rule: commercial irrigation is tested annually, while residential irrigation is tested every three years. We confirm your specific deadline.
• A City-certified tester must perform the test and file the result electronically.
• A failed assembly must be re-tested within a window Raleigh Water sets, once it’s repaired.

City code names the property owner as the responsible party for keeping the assembly tested — but that doesn’t mean you have to manage the details. We confirm your due date, perform the certification, file it with Raleigh Water, and handle a repair or replacement if it fails, so the whole obligation is covered in one visit.