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Hiram, GA Sewer and Drain Service: Local Rules

Georgia Sewer cleans, inspects and repairs drains, sewer lines and water lines for homes in Hiram. Below: who to call first when sewage backs up, where your part of the line ends under the local provider's rules, and what we do about it.

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Hiram, GA at a glance

County: Paulding County
Public sewer: Paulding County Water System
Water: Depends on the address: City of Hiram Utilities; Paulding County Water System
Plumbing permits: Paulding County Building and Permitting Division

Utility rules and numbers checked October 24, 2026

Whose pipe is it in Hiram?

The public sewer in Hiram is run by Paulding County Water System. The provider answers for its main and its part of the line; the line on your side is the property owner's, and that is the part we work on. More on how the line is split: who is responsible for your sewer line.

Paulding County Water System

Public sewer in Hiram

If sewage is backing up or overflowing

Leaks or emergencies, 24 hours a day(770) 445-2761

Source: paulding.gov, read October 24, 2026

Where your part of the line ends

You maintain and repair the sewer inside your property up to the right-of-way of the road it connects under; the county maintains the part beyond your property in the public right-of-way.

“Responsibility for the maintenance and repair of any sewer shall be borne by the owner for all of the sewer located within the property of the owner up to the right-of-way of any adjoining public road to which the sewer is connected.”

Source: Paulding County Code § 66-104, read October 24, 2026

On your side of that line? That part is the work we do. Call (404) 482-2527 or send a request.

Our services in Hiram

Each job starts with a diagnosis; the service follows what we find.

Local rules in Hiram

What the city and its utilities publish about the jobs we do here, each with its source (checked in October 2026). The provider's full rules are on Paulding County.

When sewage backs up

Paulding County Water System takes reports of leaks and emergencies 24 hours a day (paulding.gov).
Paulding County's sewer code says that where a building sewer cannot enter a house above the tops of the nearest upstream and downstream manholes, the county takes no responsibility for backup damage from blockages, flooding or a collapsed line (Municode).

Your sewer line and the public main

Paulding County's code makes the owner maintain and repair the sewer on their property up to the right-of-way of the road it connects to, while the county maintains the sewer beyond the property and in the right-of-way (Municode).
Paulding County's code puts all costs of installing and connecting a building sewer on the owner (Municode).

Cleanouts (1)

Paulding County's code requires the owner to build and maintain a cleanout on the property where the sewer meets the public right-of-way (Municode).

Roots and pipe defects (1)

Paulding County's code lets the water system director require bolted mechanical joints on a building sewer that is exposed to tree-root damage (Municode).

Grease and what goes down the drain (1)

Paulding County Water calls fats, oils and grease the top cause of sewer blockages in metro Atlanta and warns that grease coats the inside of home plumbing and sewer pipes until it can block them completely (paulding.gov).

Permits (3)

Hiram sends building permit, development, stormwater and engineering questions to Paulding County's Development Division, and Paulding County Planning & Zoning administers the city's zoning ordinance (cityofhiramga.gov).
Paulding County's Building and Permitting Division issues plumbing permits for all uses, and its building inspectors carry out the inspections for those permits (paulding.gov).
Paulding County's code requires a written permit from the director before anyone uncovers or connects to a public sewer, and the connection and testing are done under the director's supervision (Municode).

Digging in the street or right-of-way (1)

Paulding County's code requires building sewer excavations to be guarded with barricades and lights and any street, sidewalk or other public property disturbed by the work to be restored to the county's satisfaction (Municode).

Your water line (3)

Hiram supplies city water at qualifying addresses and sends addresses that do not qualify to Paulding County Water to start service (cityofhiramga.gov).
Hiram's water customers agree that the city is responsible for the service line from the main to the meter and the customer for the line from the meter to the house, including any water damage. Leak adjustments need repair documentation within 30 days and are allowed once a year (cityofhiramga.gov).
Paulding County Water System owns the service line from the distribution pipe to the meter, and the customer owns the line from the meter to the home's exterior wall (paulding.gov).

Septic systems (3)

Hiram's zoning code bars building or placing a home on a lot without an approved septic tank and drain field unless the property is properly connected to public sewer (Municode).
Hiram's Estate Residential zoning district is meant for lots of at least 2.5 acres in areas where public sewer may not be available, served by septic tanks approved by environmental health (Municode).
Northwest Georgia Public Health, whose district includes Paulding County, evaluates existing septic systems at loan closings and refinancing and before pools or home additions, and it takes applications to repair or modify a system (nwgapublichealth.org).

Other local rules (3)

Hiram bills sewer service on behalf of Paulding County for its water customers, and those customers must follow Paulding County's sewer ordinance (cityofhiramga.gov).
For zoning purposes, Hiram treats sewer as available only inside the Coppermine, Pumpkinvine or Sweetwater service areas, and only where a gravity connection with capacity lies within 1,500 feet or comes from a funded project or development agreement (Municode).
Georgia EPD's statewide service line dashboard lists three public water systems in Paulding County: Paulding County Water System, Dallas and Hiram (ga-epd.120water-ptd.com).

Lead service line records in Hiram

Water utilities must keep a public record of what each service line is made of. What the categories and the utility's letter mean: lead service line check.

City of Hiram Utilities

Water utility

Hiram's utility page links a copy of its notice for service lines of unknown material but no inventory or lookup. Your water bill or the utility’s yearly water quality report says how to see it.

Who owns the water line

The city is responsible for the line from the main to the meter; from the meter to the house it is the customer's.

Source: cityofhiramga.gov, read October 24, 2026