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Backflow prevention and cross-connection control report

The department would like to remind all public water systems that the annual backflow prevention and cross-connection control (BPCCC) report is due May 1 of each year. Colorado Drinking Water Regulation, Section 11.39 (5 CCR 1002-11) requires that suppliers create a report to demonstrate compliance with the BPCCC Rule. The annual report summarizes the performance of the public water system’s program. For compliance year 2018, the supplier must develop a written annual BPCCC report by May 1, 2019, and for each calendar year thereafter and keep a record of the report for department review. The department will review annual BPCCC reports during sanitary surveys and reserves the right to request a report at any time.

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Please note that unless a violation is identified in the annual report, it is not required to be submitted to the department. If you have questions while completing the report or are unclear if a violation has occurred please contact the departments BPCCC specialist, Jorge Delgado at 303-692-3511 or at jorge.a.delgado@state.co.us. The department would like to commend many suppliers who have come forward and self-reported BPCCC violations. Such actions are necessary in promoting a culture of health and providing consumers with the appropriate public notice and potential health risk.

If a BPCCC violation occurred, Regulation 11.39(7) requires that the violation must be reported to the department no later than 48 hours after the violation occurs. The department requests that the supplier submit a copy of the annual BPCCC report, which should document the identified violations (per Regulation 11.36(2)(b)). The annual report should be submitted via the department’s drinking water portal found at wqcdcompliance.com/login. Please mark the report to the attention of Jorge Delgado. Additional guidance with sample calculations for the annual BPCCC report can be found on our website, titled BPCCC Program Report Guidance. 

➽ Jorge Delgado, P.E., senior field engineer