Plumbers in Gilbert, AZ

Gilbert draws its drinking water from more than one place. According to the Town's 2025 water quality report, SRP canals carry Salt and Verde River water to the North Water Treatment Plant, and the CAP canal brings Colorado River water to the Santan Vista plant, which the Town runs in partnership with Chandler. Groundwater from 20 wells fills in when demand is high and when canals or plants are down for maintenance. Overall, the Town lists its supply as 41% Colorado River water, 40% SRP water, 15% reclaimed water and 4% groundwater. The reclaimed share goes to landscape irrigation and aquifer recharge.

What reaches your faucet is hard water. The same report lists total hardness averaging 10.79 grains per gallon in 2025, with readings from 6.61 to 17.54, and the Town's water FAQ mentions seasonal swings. Those minerals leave scale in water heaters, on aerators and showerheads and in softener resin. Our team can check a softener's setting against the Town's figures and plan heater maintenance around the buildup you are seeing.

Census estimates put the median home in town at 2004. About 57% of the town's roughly 104,000 housing units were built from 1990 through 2009, another 30% in 2010 or later and about 13% before 1990. Close to three in four occupied homes are lived in by their owners. A house built in 2004 is now past 20 years old, so its plumbing has a history worth knowing: which water heater is installed, what has been replaced and where leaks were repaired.

Town code shapes some of the work that follows. The Town's amendments to the residential code exempt water softeners from a permit. They also exempt a replacement water heater installed by an Arizona licensed contractor when the new unit is listed and labeled and its gas or electrical rating is no higher than the old one's. Tankless systems are excluded from that exemption. Our license, ROC 331536, is issued by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors, and we will tell you which path your project takes before work begins.

Gilbert's municipal code is specific about sewers. Section 66-251 requires every user to clean, unstop and maintain its individual sewer line, the pipe that runs from the building to the Town's main, and to remove root intrusions along its whole length. Repairs on your property are yours to make. For a section that runs off your property, you notify the Town, which coordinates the repair and can bill you if your actions caused the damage. A Town building safety inspector must accept any repair before the line is used again.

The water line follows a similar pattern. The Town's service line diagram marks the pipe between the meter and your house as the homeowner's responsibility and the meter-to-main connection as Gilbert's. For problems in the public system, the Town's Wastewater Division responds to reports of sewer blockages, overflows, odors and suspected pipeline breaks. Leaks and repairs between the meter and your fixtures, and clogs anywhere in your own sewer line, are the work our team handles.