Course Information:
Brazos Valley Water Protection
Educating Professionals, clean water is essential for our way of life. Here at BVWP, we educate industry workers about the principles and practices of cross-connection control and backflow prevention. Our goal is to help produce and support the quality industry professionals needed to protect our water now and into the future:
Courses Offered:
40 Hour Backflow Prevention Assembly Testerr
32 Hour BPAT Course with PTAC Skills
16 Hour BPAT Troubleshooting
8 Hour BPAT Practical Skills Refresher
10 & 16 hour Customer Service Inspection
4 Hour BPAT Exam – Practical Skills Passed
Brazos Valley Water Protection
9623 Zaka Rd., Houston, Texas
Phone: (979) 218-7727
Course Information:
TCEQ Regulation (RG-373) does not permit manufacturers, distributors or services providers to provide certified training for CEU’s. Therefore Test Gauge Texas cannot directly provide you CEU courses, however we can recommend the following:
C2 Services – Since 2008, Don Godfrey and his company, C2 Services has trained thousands of irrigators, fire-line contractors, city employees and utility contractors. He offers several high quality courses including;
40 hour BPAT
16 hour Advanced Repair
8 hour Basics and Rules
8 hour Hands on Practical Skills
8 hour Confined Space
10 & 16 hour Customer Service Inspection
8 hour Intro to Cross Connection Control
You can see his course offering and register for classes directly on his website:
Hardin and Associates Consulting – Hardin & Associates Consulting is focused on Water and Wastewater consulting in the areas of protection, inspection and industry training. We can manage your backflow program from beginning to end, helping to ensure TCEQ compliance. We are located in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and have clients throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. We have an outstanding staff with many years of experience serving both government and private sector clients. We provide excellent customer service, build long-term relationships with our clients, and provide practical, customized and cost effective recommendations.
HAC provides a large variety of continuing education classes including BPAT, Water and Waste Water Operators, Irrigation, CSI, etc. which can be found on their website at:
Hardin and Associates Consulting
ABPA – North Texas Chapter, Central Texas Chapter and San Antonio Chapters
The American Backflow Prevention Association (ABPA) is a tremendous trade organization with local chapters that host monthly or quarterly meetings. Membership is relatively inexpensive and provides an opportunity to network with other backflow testers as well as cross connection control managers from several local public water suppliers (PWS).
Training Center:
C2 Services, based in the DFW area offers training throughout the state. Additionally if you have the space and can fill a class he can provide training at your facility. Don has two fully equipped trailers; his 20 foot trailer is used to host both Repair and Hands On classes and the 8 foot trailer hosts Hands On training.
