Marietta, Georgia
Water Damage in Marietta, GA: A City-Run Power and Water Utility
Marietta has its own power and water utility, which means the phone numbers to keep are not the ones used in Smyrna. If drains are backing up, read about sewage backup cleanup first. Own or manage a wet home in Marietta? Call (678) 679-5538 and give the street address.
Checked 1 Nov 2026
In the city of Marietta, Census estimates put the median build year at 1987, give or take two years. The city has 26,783 housing units, and 8,908 of them (33.3 percent) date from before 1980, and 2,744 of those (10.2 percent of all units) are older than 1960. A contractor may want the ages of the plumbing and the appliances, so the build year is worth checking.
Renters hold 52.8 percent of occupied homes, 13,049 of 24,707 households, give or take 794. Anyone renting writes to the landlord or property manager before anyone else. Spanish is the home language of 15.8 percent of residents aged 5 and up (margin of error 2.1 points), which favors short, plain wording.
Marietta details to have in hand
- The street address, with the nearest cross street
- The wet rooms, and the spot where the water seems to begin
- The time you first saw it, written down
- The age of the house, the water heater and the washer
- Your role: owner, landlord, property manager or renter. A renter's first message goes to the landlord or property manager.
- Marietta Power & Water: 770-794-5230 for a water emergency, 770-794-5160 for a power emergency, and 770-794-5150 for customer service on weekdays from 8 to 5 at 675 N. Marietta Parkway
What goes wrong in Marietta homes
- Tank swaps after a leak
- Water heater replacement is named on Marietta's permit page as work needing a permit. The office list is under rules for all three towns.
- Plumbing from before 1960
- 2,744 housing units, 10.2 percent, are that old, so the age of the lines is worth knowing before the call.
- March and July downpours
- NOAA's normals for the airport in Atlanta give July 4.75 inches and March 4.68, the two wettest months.
- Creek and river water in a hurricane
- Eleven river gauges in Cobb County showed flooding during Helene, the National Weather Service counted.
Rain, river gauges and Marietta's own lines
NOAA's normals for the Atlanta airport station put yearly rain at 50.43 inches, and the two wettest months are July and March. During Hurricane Helene in September 2024, the National Weather Service reported flooding at eleven river gauges in Cobb County. Major Flood Stage was reached at three Chattahoochee gauges, and a water rescue was carried out in Vinings.
Marietta Power & Water handles the city's own water and power, so a water emergency there goes to 770-794-5230 and a power emergency to 770-794-5160. The city's pages show no separate sewer-backup line.
Pages behind these facts
- City of Marietta, Contact Information
- City of Marietta, Outage & Emergency Notifications
- City of Marietta, Building Permits
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly, Atlanta Hartsfield Intl Airport (USW00013874)
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, annual and seasonal, Atlanta Hartsfield Intl Airport (USW00013874)
- National Weather Service Atlanta, County Impacts Associated with Hurricane Helene (2024)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year, Table B25034 Year Structure Built (Marietta city, Georgia)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year, Table B25035 Median Year Structure Built (Marietta city, Georgia)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year, Table B25003 Tenure (Marietta city, Georgia)
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year, Table S1601 Language Spoken at Home (Marietta city, Georgia)