Water Line Repair in Michigan
Water Line Repair across Michigan: the 521 ZIP codes and 354 cities we route calls in, and who licenses plumbers in the state.
Free to homeowners in Michigan — the contractor pays us for the introduction, you never do.
Where your responsibility starts
Our water line repair coverage in Michigan runs to 521 ZIP codes in 354 cities. In large municipalities the boundary between the utility's main and the homeowner's service line is set by one written policy for the whole system, usually at the meter or the curb stop, and it is the same on every street.
Source: coverage area as published by our call partner; place and county names from the US Census Bureau.
We route water line repair calls in 521 ZIP codes across 354 Michigan cities, in 28 counties.
What this site is
WaterMainCall is a referral service, not a contractor. We connect homeowners with independent contractors. Contractors are required to hold whatever credential their state or municipality demands, and work on a service line is normally permitted and often coordinated with the utility — ask to see the permit. We carry out no work, we test no water, we do not set prices, and we never charge homeowners anything. Nothing here is a statement about the water at any address.Checking a credential in Michigan
Michigan licenses are issued by the Michigan Bureau of Construction Codes, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, which publishes a public search you can use before work begins.
20 of the 28 Michigan counties we cover, from the end of the alphabet
- Ionia County 12 ZIP codes
Belding, Clarksville, Hubbardston, Ionia, Lake Odessa, Lyons, Muir, Orleans, Palo and 3 more - Jackson County 16 ZIP codes
Jackson, Brooklyn, Clarklake, Concord, Grass Lake, Hanover, Horton, Michigan Center, Munith and 4 more - Kalamazoo County 5 ZIP codes
Portage, Scotts, Vicksburg - Kent County 28 ZIP codes
Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Ada, Alto, Belmont, Byron Center, Caledonia, Cedar Springs, Comstock Park and 7 more - Lapeer County 12 ZIP codes
Almont, Attica, Clifford, Columbiaville, Dryden, Hadley, Imlay City, Lapeer, Metamora and 3 more - Livingston County 12 ZIP codes
Howell, Brighton, Cohoctah, Fowlerville, Gregory, Hamburg, Hartland, Lakeland, Pinckney - Macomb County 41 ZIP codes
Warren, Sterling Heights, Utica, Clinton Township, Saint Clair Shores, Macomb, Mount Clemens, New Baltimore, New Haven and 10 more - Monroe County 17 ZIP codes
Monroe, Carleton, Dundee, Erie, Ida, La Salle, Lambertville, Luna Pier, Maybee and 7 more - Montcalm County 4 ZIP codes
Greenville, Howard City, Lakeview, Pierson - Muskegon County 10 ZIP codes
Muskegon, Bailey, Casnovia, Fruitport, Holton, Ravenna, Twin Lake - Newaygo County 5 ZIP codes
Brohman, Fremont, Grant, Newaygo, White Cloud - Oakland County 84 ZIP codes
Farmington, Southfield, Troy, Bloomfield Hills, Lake Orion, Novi, Pontiac, Rochester, West Bloomfield and 29 more - Ottawa County 13 ZIP codes
Holland, Allendale, Conklin, Coopersville, Grand Haven, Hudsonville, Jenison, Marne, Nunica and 3 more - Presque Isle County 1 ZIP code
Rogers City - Shiawassee County 12 ZIP codes
Bancroft, Byron, Corunna, Durand, Henderson, Laingsburg, Lennon, Morrice, New Lothrop and 3 more - St. Clair County 22 ZIP codes
Port Huron, Algonac, Allenton, Avoca, Capac, Casco, Columbus, East China, Emmett and 12 more - St. Joseph County 5 ZIP codes
Centreville, Constantine, Sturgis, Three Rivers, White Pigeon - Van Buren County 11 ZIP codes
Bangor, Covert, Decatur, Grand Junction, Hartford, Lacota, Lawrence, Lawton, Mattawan and 2 more - Washtenaw County 17 ZIP codes
Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester, Saline, Whitmore Lake, Whittaker, Willis - Wayne County 67 ZIP codes
Detroit, Dearborn, Livonia, Belleville, Canton, Dearborn Heights, Garden City, Grosse Pointe, Northville and 22 more
8 more Michigan counties are inside the coverage area and are not listed here. If your ZIP code is in Michigan, the call reaches a contractor.
What that coverage looks like
Our Michigan footprint is 521 ZIP codes in 28 counties, and Oakland County is the largest single part of it at 84. Every one of those counties contains more than one water supplier, and the line between the utility's pipe and yours is drawn by whichever one serves your meter.
How a water line repair job goes
A service line repair starts with a question of ownership. The utility is responsible up to a point written into its own policy — usually the main, the curb stop or the meter — and the homeowner from there. Finding the leak is one job; establishing which side of that line it is on is what decides who pays, and it is worth settling before the excavator arrives.
What the call asks about water line repair
- Where the water is surfacing, and whether it is between the meter and the house or on the street side.
- Whether the meter is in a pit at the boundary or on the wall of the house.
- Whether the utility has already been out and said whose side it is on.
Every Michigan city we route in
187 cities, ordered by the share of homes their owners live in. The older and denser the street, the older the service line running under it. Each page carries that city’s own numbers and the ZIP codes we route there.
- Dorr 99%
- Ortonville 95%
- Belmont 95%
- New Boston 95%
- Ada 95%
- Franklin 94%
- Metamora 94%
- Lambertville 94%
- Grass Lake 94%
- Linden 93%
- Byron Center 93%
- Commerce Township 92%
- Twin Lake 92%
- West Olive 92%
- Macomb 92%
- Mattawan 92%
- South Lyon 91%
- Grosse Ile 91%
- Pinckney 91%
- Brooklyn 91%
- Rockford 91%
- Middleville 90%
- Cedar Springs 90%
- Smiths Creek 90%
- Caledonia 89%
- Marine City 89%
- Fowlerville 89%
- Highland 89%
- Oxford 89%
- Hudsonville 89%
- Carleton 89%
- Manchester 89%
- Brighton 88%
- Howard City 88%
- Fennville 88%
- Williamston 88%
- Dexter 88%
- North Branch 88%
- Livonia 87%
- Bloomfield Hills 87%
- Zeeland 87%
- White Lake 87%
- Grant 87%
- Milford 87%
- Grosse Pointe 86%
- Allen Park 86%
- White Cloud 86%
- Berkley 86%
- Marysville 86%
- DeWitt 85%
- Swartz Creek 85%
- Lowell 85%
- Allegan 85%
- Newaygo 85%
- Jenison 85%
- Sparta 85%
- Vicksburg 84%
- Fremont 84%
- Washington 84%
- Saline 84%
- Rockwood 84%
- Flat Rock 84%
- West Bloomfield 84%
- Algonac 84%
- New Haven 83%
- Saint Clair Shores 83%
- Durand 83%
- Eaton Rapids 83%
- Temperance 83%
- Hastings 83%
- Plainwell 83%
- Spring Lake 83%
- Fenton 83%
- Mason 82%
- Fort Gratiot 82%
- Saint Clair 82%
- Romeo 82%
- New Baltimore 82%
- Lake Orion 82%
- Grand Ledge 82%
- Milan 82%
- Otsego 82%
- Clarkston 82%
- Northville 81%
- Saint Johns 81%
- Newport 81%
- Richmond 81%
- Charlotte 81%
- Edwardsburg 81%
- Coopersville 81%
- Howell 80%
- Wayland 80%
- Lapeer 79%
- Whitmore Lake 79%
- Chelsea 79%
- Buchanan 79%
- Garden City 79%
- Cassopolis 79%
- Plymouth 79%
- Niles 78%
- South Haven 78%
- Grand Haven 78%
- Holly 78%
- Rochester 78%
- Stevensville 78%
- Saint Joseph 78%
- Paw Paw 78%
- Canton 77%
- Redford 77%
- Portland 77%
- Trenton 77%
- Sterling Heights 76%
- Imlay City 76%
- Birmingham 76%
- New Hudson 76%
- Monroe 76%
- Waterford 75%
- Grand Blanc 75%
- Holland 75%
- Belding 75%
- Muskegon 75%
- Romulus 75%
- Utica 74%
- Troy 74%
- Owosso 74%
- Coloma 74%
- Clawson 74%
- Wyandotte 73%
- Greenville 73%
- Three Rivers 73%
- Walled Lake 73%
- Fraser 73%
- Dowagiac 72%
- Dearborn Heights 72%
- Grandville 71%
- Warren 71%
- Sturgis 71%
- Harrison Township 71%
- Lincoln Park 70%
- Ionia 70%
- Dundee 69%
- Eastpointe 69%
- Belleville 69%
- Portage 68%
- Dearborn 68%
- Novi 68%
- Comstock Park 67%
- Jackson 67%
- Royal Oak 66%
- Southgate 66%
- Taylor 66%
- Okemos 66%
- Holt 66%
- Riverview 65%
- Ecorse 65%
- Roseville 65%
- Ferndale 65%
- Clinton Township 64%
- Harper Woods 64%
- Madison Heights 64%
- Burton 63%
- Berrien Springs 63%
- Farmington 63%
- Wyoming 63%
- Port Huron 62%
- Grand Rapids 62%
- Mount Clemens 62%
- Hazel Park 62%
- Hamtramck 61%
- Westland 61%
- Melvindale 60%
- Haslett 60%
- Oak Park 59%
- Benton Harbor 58%
- Wayne 58%
- Center Line 57%
- Lansing 57%
- Allendale 56%
- Ypsilanti 55%
- Southfield 54%
- Ann Arbor 53%
- River Rouge 53%
- Wixom 52%
- Auburn Hills 51%
- Highland Park 49%
- Pontiac 44%
- East Lansing 44%
Before you call
Which side of that line a leak is on decides who pays for it. The pages above say how to find out before the digging starts.
