Emergency Plumbing in Hialeah, FL

Who to call in Hialeah

Leaks on the street side of the water meter, a broken main or no water on the whole street are for the water utility: in Hialeah that is City of Hialeah. Check its website or your water bill for its emergency line.

Leaks, backups and failures on your side of the meter, inside the house or in your sewer lateral, are a plumber's job. Call us and we connect you with an independent, licensed plumbing company that handles emergency calls in Hialeah; when they can arrive depends on that company and the time of day.

Reporting a water emergency in Hialeah

• The City of Hialeah Water & Sewer Division handles residential and commercial service concerns by email, by phone at 305-556-3800 selecting Option 4, or in person at the Public Works office, 3700 W 4th Ave. Customers whose service was interrupted for non-payment have service restored within 24 hours once payment plus a $75 service fee is verified. [3]
• In a September 29, 2026 notice, the City of Hialeah Water & Sewer Division reported cloudy water in portions of Northwest Hialeah and said it was monitoring the distribution system in coordination with the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD). Residents seeing cloudy water should run cold water a few minutes and, if it persists, call 305-556-3800 with their address. [4]
• When a plumbing leak runs up a Hialeah water bill and the water entered the city sewer, the City of Hialeah's adjustment form asks the customer to submit either the plumber's receipt or a notarized statement from whoever fixed the leak, with receipts for the parts used. The form also requires a $25 non-refundable inspection fee. [5]
• Hialeah posts emergency water main shutdown advisories in its online Alert Center. In one such advisory, the city warned that customers might be without water service during the work. It also issued a precautionary advisory to boil all water used for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth or washing dishes, noting that a rolling boil of one minute is sufficient, or bottled water may be used. [6]

Other common plumbing calls in Hialeah

• Drain Cleaning: cast iron drains in 1960s–70s homes scale and crack.
• Repiping: about 60% of homes predate 1980, many with galvanized supply lines.

Hialeah facts behind this page

• Hialeah's water comes mainly from the Biscayne Aquifer, supplemented by a reverse osmosis plant, jointly owned with Miami-Dade County, that treats deep Floridan Aquifer water and produces up to 7.5 million gallons a day. [1]
• The median home in Hialeah was built in 1975. [2]
• About 61% of Hialeah's housing units were built before 1980, the era of galvanized steel supply pipe, cast iron drains and clay sewer laterals. [2]
• The City of Hialeah Water & Sewer Division handles residential and commercial service concerns by email, by phone at 305-556-3800 selecting Option 4, or in person at the Public Works office, 3700 W 4th Ave. Customers whose service was interrupted for non-payment have service restored within 24 hours once payment plus a $75 service fee is verified. [3]
• In a September 29, 2026 notice, the City of Hialeah Water & Sewer Division reported cloudy water in portions of Northwest Hialeah and said it was monitoring the distribution system in coordination with the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD). Residents seeing cloudy water should run cold water a few minutes and, if it persists, call 305-556-3800 with their address. [4]
• When a plumbing leak runs up a Hialeah water bill and the water entered the city sewer, the City of Hialeah's adjustment form asks the customer to submit either the plumber's receipt or a notarized statement from whoever fixed the leak, with receipts for the parts used. The form also requires a $25 non-refundable inspection fee. [5]
• Hialeah posts emergency water main shutdown advisories in its online Alert Center. In one such advisory, the city warned that customers might be without water service during the work. It also issued a precautionary advisory to boil all water used for drinking, cooking, making ice, brushing teeth or washing dishes, noting that a rolling boil of one minute is sufficient, or bottled water may be used. [6]