What fails, neighborhood by neighborhood

A 1950s slab in West Anaheim and a hillside house in Anaheim Hills break in different ways. These notes cover the housing, the pipes and who runs the water and gas in each part of town.

Start here Emergency plumbing in Anaheim Hills Anaheim Hills is newer and hillier than the city's western neighborhoods, so its typical emergencies lean toward supply-side leaks, pressure and irrigation rather than old clay sewers.

Emergency plumbing in the Anaheim Colony Historic District
The Colony holds some of Anaheim's oldest homes. Original or long-patched plumbing, aging laterals and big old trees shape the emergencies that happen here.
Emergency plumbing in West Anaheim
West Anaheim is largely post-war single-story tract housing. Its emergencies follow a familiar pattern: slab leaks, root-blocked laterals and aging water heaters.
Emergency plumbing in the Platinum Triangle
The Platinum Triangle is Anaheim's high-density district near the stadium and arena. Most residents live in newer multi-unit buildings, which changes who you call and what you can shut off.
Emergency plumbing in the Anaheim Resort District
The Anaheim Resort District is dominated by hotels, restaurants and the convention center, with homes along its edges. Emergencies here are often commercial, with heavy water use and grease.
Emergency plumbing in Anaheim Canyon
Anaheim Canyon is a business and industrial district in the northeast of the city. Its plumbing emergencies are mostly commercial: restrooms, process water, backflow and after-hours leaks in empty buildings.