Burst pipe or a leak in Louisville
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Area served: Louisville, KY and ZIP codes 40218, 40228, 40219, 40231, 40220, 40213, 40205, 40291.
Water near outlets or the panel? Stay clear and call the utility or 911 first.
For a gas smell, flooding or sparks, call 911 or your utility first.
Representative photoTwo minutes before you send it
- Find the main shutoff valve and turn it off if water is spreading.
- Turn off power to any outlets or appliances that are getting wet.
- Take a photo of where the water shows up and note when it started.
Most requests start like this
- Water on the floor or ceiling
- Drain backs up
- Toilet keeps running
- Pressure dropped
Send it as is. You can add the details right after, and they go straight into your request.
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- Where the water is and when you first saw it
- Whether you closed a shutoff valve
- A photo of the leak, the drain or the fixture
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Louisville facts that shape the job
- In a Louisville Water tip list, a running toilet left unchecked for days is called one of the most common household leaks, and the utility says a leaky toilet can use 1,000 gallons of water every day; it links customers to an at-home leak test.Source: louisvillewater.com, checked 2026-10
- On cold wave risk, FEMA's National Risk Index puts Jefferson County, KY at relatively high. Before a cold wave, find your main shutoff so you can close it fast if a pipe splits.Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), Jefferson County, KY, checked 2026-10
- Louisville Water says pressure at the customer's meter can run from about 30 to 150 psi and that it cannot adjust pressure for an individual property; when the whole house has low pressure it may send an emergency turner to decide whether the fault is the utility's or a job for a plumber.Source: louisvillewater.com, checked 2026-10
- Near Louisville the low drops to freezing on about 85 days in a normal year.Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, station USC00154958, checked 2026-10
- Homes near Louisville face about 4,279 heating degree days in a typical year, per NOAA's 1991-2020 normals. Measured at the Louisville Wfo (KY) station. That much winter is the main reason plumbers here see split pipes after a cold night.Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, station USC00154958, checked 2026-10
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ZIP codes we take requests from: 40218, 40228, 40219, 40231, 40220, 40213, 40205, 40291.
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