CITY OF SURREY
Engineering Department Water Section
13450 104 Avenue Surrey, BC V3T 1V8
Backflow Preventer Test Report
New Device and Previously Unregistered Device
Filled by Facility Contact Person:
Address of Assembly: ______________________________________________________Unit #: ________________
Business Name: ________________________________ Contact Person Name: __________________________________
Mailing Address (if different): _______________________________________________ Postal Code: ________________
Facility Type: Institutional Commercial Industrial Agricultural Single Family Multi-Family
Phone: _______________________________ e-mail Address: _______________________________________________
New Device Unregistered Device
Assembly Manufacturer: ___________________ Model: __________ Size: __________ Serial Number: ________________
Assembly Type: RP RPDA DCVA DCDA PVBA SVBA AG
Location of Assembly on Property, Building: ___________________________________
Assembly Orientation: Vertical Horizontal
Premise Isolation or if Individual Hazard, Specify Hazard Type: _________________
Test Equipment: Sight Tubes Diff Gauge
Gauge Make: ___________ Model: __________ Gauge Serial Number: ______________
Date of Calibration (YY/MM/DD): ___________Calibrated by: ____________________
Date of Initial Test (YY/MM/DD): ___________Test after repair date (YY/MM/DD):__________
RP/RPDA Initial Test Pass Fail RP/RPDA Test After Repair Pass Fail
1
st
Check Valve
Actual Press. Drop
____.____
2
nd
Check Valve
Closed Tight
YES NO
Relief Valve
Opened at:
____.____
Buffer
____.____
1
st
Check Valve
Actual Press. Drop
____.____
2
nd
Check Valve
Closed Tight
YES NO
Relief Valve
Opened at:
____.____
Buffer
____.____
DCVA/DCDA Initial Test Pass Fail DCVA/DCDA Test After Repair Pass Fail
1
st
Check Valve
Press. Drop
____._____
Closed Tight
YES NO
2
nd
Check Valve
Press. Drop
____._____
Closed Tight
YES NO
Confirmation Test
1
st
CV Pass
Yes No
2
nd
CV Pass
Yes No
1
st
Check Valve
Press. Drop
____._____
Closed Tight
YES NO
2
nd
Check Valve
Press. Drop
____._____
Closed Tight
YES NO
Confirmation Test
1
st
CV Pass
Yes No
2
nd
CV Pass
Yes No
PVBA/SVBA Initial Test Pass Fail PVBA/SVBA Test After Repair Pass Fail
Air Inlet Valve
Opened at: _____._____
Opened Fully Yes No
Check Valve
Press. Drop _____._____
Closed Tight Yes No
Air Inlet Valve
Opened at: _____._____
Opened Fully Yes No
Check Valve
Press. Drop _____._____
Closed Tight Yes No
AIR GAP Pass Fail
Unobstructed Distance between Outlet to Rim of Receiving Vessel 2 x Diameter of the Discharge Outlet (1” min.) Yes No
Test Performed by: ____________________________________ BCWWA Certification No: ______________
Testing Company Name: ___________________________City of Surrey Business License No: ____________
Company Address: ____________________________ City: _________________ Postal Code: ___________
Company Phone: ___________________ Fax: _________________ Email: ____________________________
I certify that to best of my knowledge the information I have entered onto this form is complete and accurate. I
further certify that I have tested the above assembly in accordance with the current BC Water and Waste Association
Testing Procedures.
Tester’s Signature: __________________________________________________Date:______________________________
For Engineering use only.
Plumbing Permit Number
____________________
For Survey Required Device
Please indicate the item number from
the survey report _______.
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Check Causes for Backflow Preventer Failing Initial Test
Description
No. 1 Check
Valve
No. 2 Check
Valve
Relief Valve
1. Shut Off Gate Valve(s) Passing Water
2. Foreign Matter Introduced During Construction
3. Sand or Grit Inherent to the Supply System
4. Copper Filings Solder or Pipe Dope
5. Nuts, Bolts, Washers, etc. (not from assembly)
6. Paper, Cardboard or Sawdust
7. Improper Assembly Installed N/A N/A
8. Kinking of External Sensing Line
9. Air Entrapment
10. Tuberculation or Rust
11. Damaged Assembly Due to Freezing
12. Abnormal Rubber Disc Wear or Cuts
13. Spring(s)
14. O Ring(s)
15. Loss of Interior Coating
16. Disc Retainer (Fractured or Worn)
17. Retaining Nut (Loose or Missing)
18. Inferior Casting or Machining of Assembly
19. Guide Mechanism
20. Obstructed Sensing Line N/A N/A
21. Diaphragm Failure N/A N/A
22. Replace Rubber Parts
23. Test Cock(s) Missing from Assembly N/A
24. Improper (Unapproved) Installation
25. “Automatic” Test Cocks
26. Damaged Test Cocks
27. Couldn’t Test (Explain Below)
28. Other (specify) _________________________________________________________________________
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Remarks ______________________________________________________________________________
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