Sewer Line Repair in Maricopa, AZ

Maricopa's homes and sewer

Maricopa, the Pinal County city incorporated in 2003, is mostly residential subdivisions, and its housing is among the newest in the region: a median build year of about 2007, roughly 63% of homes built between 2000 and 2009 and only about 2% before 1980. Global Water's Palo Verde Utilities collects and treats wastewater and also supplies recycled water in the city. For service questions, Global Water customer service is at (866) 940-1102, weekdays 8 to 5.

With that housing stock, nearly every building sewer here is plastic. Failures tend to come from how the line was installed or what happened above it later: settling that left a belly, a joint separated by pool or patio work, a section crushed under a driveway, or roots from landscape trees.

What to do right away

1. Stop using water everywhere in the house.
2. Check whether a manhole or the street shows sewage; if so, contact Global Water.
3. If it's only your home, find the cleanout outside, often near the front of the house, and clear access to it.
4. Keep everyone away from standing sewage and skip chemical drain openers, which can splash and harm the plumber working the line.
5. Call to be connected with a local plumber, and say which fixtures are involved.

Write down when the trouble started and whether it followed anything unusual, such as a party, a new pool or landscaping job, or a heavy storm. Those details help the plumber narrow down the cause before the camera goes in.

Symptoms and what they suggest

What affects cost

• Depth and length of the problem section
• Pavers, concrete, artificial turf or a pool deck above it
• Cleaning, spot repair, lining or replacement
• Access through an existing cleanout, or adding one if none exists
• Restoring turf, gravel or drip irrigation after digging
• Permits through City of Maricopa Development Services, Building Safety, which takes submittals through its VIP Portal