When a pipe bursts in an Acworth house, shut the main water valve and keep away from wet outlets. A plumber can remove the broken length, splice in new pipe and check the rest of that run. Call the number on this page to be connected with a local plumber in Acworth.
Who fixes a leak between the Cobb County meter and my Acworth house?
Acworth runs its own electric company, Acworth Power, but not water or sewer. Cobb County Water System provides both, and it splits responsibility at the meter: the county owns and maintains the line from the main to the meter, while the pipe from the meter to the house belongs to the property owner. A break on your side of the meter is a plumber's job. If water is bubbling up at the meter box or out in the street, call Cobb's emergency line at 770-419-6201 before you hire anyone.
Does the City of Acworth need to permit the repair?
Permits inside city limits come from the City of Acworth's own Development Department, through its Building Inspections staff, not from Cobb County. The city posts residential plumbing permit applications and runs an online Construction Permit Self-Service portal. A quick splice under a sink is different from replacing a long run or the yard line, so ask the plumber which category your job falls into; they can usually handle the application.
My Acworth house is fairly new. Why did a pipe burst?
The median home in Acworth was built in 2000, and only about 13.5% went up before 1980, so corroded galvanized pipe is less often the culprit here. Newer houses tend to fail in different ways: PEX or CPVC routed through a cold attic or garage wall, a hose bib that was left connected to a hose, or a washing machine or toilet supply hose that finally gave out. A plumber will look at why the line failed, not just patch the hole, so the same spot doesn't freeze again next winter.
Acworth sits along Lake Acworth and Lake Allatoona in northwest Cobb, but its tap water comes through Cobb County Water System from the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority. Keep the county's 770-419-6201 emergency number handy for anything on the street side of the meter. Inside the house, the first job is finding your main valve before you need it. In many Acworth subdivisions it sits in the garage, a utility closet near the water heater or where the line enters a crawl space. Turn it once a year so it doesn't seize, and show everyone in the household where it is.
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