Backflow testing in University Park: what to expect
University Park is unusual in Dallas County: it treats and distributes its own water and keeps its own cross-connection control records, so a report filed with Dallas Water Utilities does nothing for a UP address. Our technicians know the city's report expectations and submit directly to the Utilities Division, which is the single most common reason Park Cities customers call us after a previous tester left them with an unfiled report.
The housing stock drives the rest. Lot sizes are small, but almost every home is landscaped and irrigated, so the city sees an extremely high assembly-per-acre ratio. Many assemblies sit in tight side yards, behind gates, or near the alley, and on teardown-rebuild streets we often find a brand-new pressure vacuum breaker within a few feet of a 30-year-old device still on the city's list from the previous house.
Commercially, University Park is compact: Snider Plaza retail, the SMU campus edge, medical and dental offices along Hillcrest, and a handful of schools and churches. Those carry reduced pressure domestic assemblies and, on sprinklered buildings, fire line detector checks. We test everything on the property in one appointment and email you the report the same day we file it.
University Park compliance, handled for you
University Park operates its own water utility, so passing reports must be filed with the City of University Park Utilities Division rather than Dallas Water Utilities. We complete the state test-and-maintenance report on site and file it directly with City of University Park Utilities Division, then email you a copy for your records.
University Park ZIP codes we cover
- 75205
- 75225
University Park neighborhoods and districts we test in
- Snider Plaza
- Volk Estates
- Caruth Hills
- SMU campus area
- Preston Road corridor
- Hillcrest