Plumbers in Peachtree City, GA

Drinking water from the lakes you drive past

Peachtree City's lakes are more than scenery. The Fayette County Water System draws from Lake Kedron, Lake Peachtree, Lake Horton and Lake McIntosh, pumps Flint River water into Lake Horton when needed and buys small amounts of City of Atlanta water as needed. The county adds chlorine after filtration, also reports chlorine dioxide as a disinfectant, and adds fluoride. Its report says it verified zero lead or lead-exposing material in its distribution system. Peachtree City does not run its own water utility; county customer service, which also takes after-hours emergencies, is 770-461-1146.

A separate authority for sewer

Wastewater goes somewhere else entirely. The Peachtree City Water and Sewerage Authority, created in 1987 and independent since 1997, serves residents and businesses inside the city with two treatment plants and a network of pump stations. Call WASA at (770) 487-7993 during business hours or (678) 300-0196 after hours for a sewer spill or overflow, and it will send field staff. A clog inside the house or along your own line is a plumbing call.

Villages, cart paths and 1990s houses

Chartered in 1959 as a planned community, Peachtree City is organized into villages linked by more than 100 miles of multi-use paths that residents travel by golf cart. It had 38,244 residents in 2020 and sits about 27 miles from downtown Atlanta in Fayette County. The median home was built in 1993, and about 14% predate 1980. Typical calls in these neighborhoods are water heaters at the end of their run, worn fixture valves, toilet repairs and sewer laterals that have picked up roots over the decades.

Backflow and permits

Under Fayette County's cross-connection program, the customer maintains the backflow assembly and has it tested every year, or as required, by a Certified Backflow Assembly Tester, who submits results to The Compliance Engine. A failed assembly has to be repaired or replaced promptly. Plumbing permits come from the Peachtree City Building Department on Willowbend Road, (770) 487-8901, through its online portal or front desk; the city asks that applications not be emailed.

Gas and calling for help

Atlanta Gas Light is the gas operator for Fayette County, with marketers handling the bills. If you smell gas, get out of the house, then call 911 and Atlanta Gas Light at 877.427.4321 from a safe place. Compared with Atlanta, almost every piece is different here: lake water from Fayette County, sewer from WASA and permits from the city. Call the number on this page and you'll be connected with an independent plumber who works in Peachtree City.