Plumbers in Litchfield Park, AZ

A small planned city in the West Valley

Litchfield Park is a small Maricopa County city about 17 miles west of downtown Phoenix in a straight line, next to Goodyear and Avondale. It grew out of Goodyear Tire and Rubber's Litchfield Ranch cotton operation and is centered on the Wigwam Resort, which opened to the public in 1929. Indian School Road, Fairway Drive and W. Wigwam Boulevard are familiar streets, and the Goodyear Farms Historic Cemetery is a local landmark. The 2020 Census counted 6,847 residents.

Liberty Utilities for water and sewer

Liberty Litchfield Park, a private regulated utility, serves the whole city plus portions of Goodyear, Glendale and Avondale with both water and wastewater. The water is groundwater from the Western Valley Salt River aquifer, drawn from roughly 200 to 600 feet down, and it is disinfected with chlorine. Liberty notes that arsenic removal treatment may apply before the water reaches the distribution system, and it states that it has not detected lead in its treated or source water.

Hardness is the plumbing issue that touches nearly every house. Liberty's report lists 150 to 360 ppm, or 8.8 to 21.1 grains per gallon, so scale buildup in tank and tankless water heaters, crusty aerators and stiff shower valve cartridges are common, and softeners are worth maintaining. Liberty Customer Care is 844-367-2030, and its emergency line for problems like a break on the utility side is 623-935-3395.

Backflow devices are the owner's

Liberty runs a cross-connection control program under state rules. Where a backflow preventer is required at the meter, an AWWA certified tester must test it when installed and every year after, and the tester reports results to Liberty. A device that fails has to be repaired and retested within 15 days. Liberty also states that a backflow device installed right after the meter is owned and maintained by the property owner. It does not publish a general dividing line for the service line, so ask Liberty if a leak is near the meter.

City permits

Even though the utility is private, permits are local: the City of Litchfield Park Building Safety Department reviews plans, issues permits and inspects construction, from its office at 214 W. Wigwam Blvd. Call ahead about any water heater replacement, repipe or gas line project.

Gas, and the differences from Phoenix

No official page we found names Litchfield Park's gas utility; your bill will. If you smell gas, leave first, then call 911 and that utility from outside. Compared with Phoenix, the water here is all well water from a private company and noticeably hard, while the permit counter is the city's own. Call the number on this page, describe the problem and your street, and you will be connected with an independent plumber who works in Litchfield Park.