Vinings, GA Sewer and Drain Service: Local Rules
Georgia Sewer cleans, inspects and repairs drains, sewer lines and water lines for homes in Vinings. 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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Vinings, GA at a glance
- County
- Cobb County
- Water and sewer
- Cobb County Water System
- Plumbing permits
- Cobb County Community Development (Development & Inspections)
Utility rules and numbers checked October 24, 2026
Whose pipe is it in Vinings?
The public sewer in Vinings is run by Cobb 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.
Cobb County Water System
Public sewer in Vinings
If sewage is backing up or overflowing
- Emergency response and dispatch (sewer backups, broken water lines)(770) 419-6201
Other number it lists
- Water System main line(770) 419-6200
Where your part of the line ends
You build and maintain the service line from your house to the point where it connects to the county's service lateral, and any pump that moves sewage from the house is yours.
Source: Cobb County Code § 122-153, read October 24, 2026“Property owners are responsible for construction and maintenance of the service line from the premises served to the point of connection with the county service lateral.”
On your side of that line? That part is the work we do. Call (404) 482-2527 or send a request.
Our services in Vinings
Each job starts with a diagnosis; the service follows what we find.
Local rules in Vinings
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 Cobb County.
When sewage backs up
- Cobb County Water System reserves its emergency dispatch line for a sewer backup in a home or street and for a broken water line with gushing or severe leaks; its customer service call center keeps weekday business hours (Cobb County).
- Cobb County Water System says it can check whether county sewer lines, including lines that cross private property in an easement, are contributing to a sewer problem at a home, and it takes those reports through its emergency dispatch (Cobb County).
Your sewer line and the public main
- Cobb County's water and wastewater code makes property owners responsible for building and maintaining the service line from the house to the point where it meets the county's service lateral, and any pump that lifts sewage into the county system is the owner's to repair (Municode).
- Where a permanent easement has been granted to Cobb County and construction is complete, the county owns and maintains the sewer line inside that easement; the Water System suggests checking the plat or deed for an easement naming Cobb County (Cobb County).
Cleanouts (1)
- Cobb County's Development Standards require sewer service laterals built for new development to be at least 6 inches in diameter within the public right-of-way or a sewer easement and to end in a cleanout assembly, with each lateral's location permanently marked in the curb (Cobb County).
Roots and pipe defects (1)
- Cobb County Water System's camera inspections of its sewers often find broken pipes, offset joints, root intrusion and improperly installed service connections, defects it repairs to help prevent blockages and overflows (Cobb County).
Grease and what goes down the drain (2)
- Cobb County Water System says 85 percent of sewer blockages in the county are grease-related and happen in residential areas, and it asks residents to let grease harden and scrape it into the trash instead of pouring it down the drain (Cobb County).
- Cobb County Water System says only toilet paper and human waste should be flushed, and it lists baby and disinfectant wipes, paper towels, hygiene products and medications among the items to keep out of toilets (Cobb County).
Permits (3)
- Cobb County's code requires a contractor, owner or authorized representative to get a permit from the Community Development Agency's development and inspections division before doing plumbing work, and starting work without one leaves both the contractor and the owner in violation (Municode).
- For a new or replacement sewer line on private property, Cobb County requires the plumbing permit to be marked for sewer installation by a state-licensed master plumber, and the line is approved either by a notarized sewer approval affidavit or by a county inspector viewing the pipe before it is covered (Cobb County).
- Cobb County lets homeowners pull a permit only for work they do themselves on the home they live in; when a contractor is hired, the contractor must apply (Cobb County).
Digging in the street or right-of-way (3)
- Cobb County's code bars cutting the pavement of a county road without a permit from the county Department of Transportation and requires road cuts and restorations to follow the county's Development Standards (Municode).
- Cobb DOT's conditions for utility work in county right-of-way include 24-hour notice before work begins, lane closures only between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays, and restoration of disturbed sidewalks within 48 hours (Cobb County).
- Cobb County's trenching ordinance requires a county permit, posted at the job site, before any excavation or trenching, and a holder of the county's trench-safety certificate must be present whenever anyone works in a trench (Municode).
Your water line (3)
- Cobb County Water System's 2025 water quality report says it buys drinking water wholesale from the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority and sells it to the county's unincorporated addresses and four cities (Cobb County).
- Cobb County Water System owns and maintains the water pipe from the main to the meter, while the pipe from the meter to the house is the property owner's; it asks customers to use its emergency dispatch line for a broken water line with gushing or severe leaks (Cobb County).
- Cobb County's code makes each water customer responsible for the meter and meter box from installation to removal, so regrading must not damage or bury the box, and whoever damages it pays for the repair (Municode).
Septic systems (3)
- Cobb County's code allows septic tanks on residential lots of at least 80,000 square feet when other code conditions are met, and a home that used septic before sewer became available may stay on it while the system works properly (Municode).
- Cobb County's code bars building, repairing, altering or enlarging a septic tank without prior approval from the Water System's director and a valid permit from the county health department (Municode).
- When a septic tank is taken out of service, Cobb County's code requires it to be cleaned of sludge and filled with sand, gravel or dirt, or removed, and the new sewer connection must be made to the plumbing upstream of the tank (Municode).
Other local rules (3)
- Cobb County's residential permitting page links a county map that shows whether an address lies inside a city, which decides whether the county or a city handles the permit (Cobb County).
- Cobb County's code prohibits digging, grading or other earthwork inside a permanent county water or sewer easement without permission from the Water System's director, and the county won't replace anything it has to remove from an easement to reach its lines (Municode).
- Cobb County lists the 2024 International Plumbing Code with Georgia amendments among the code editions it shows as in effect as of January 1, 2026 (Cobb County).
Lead service line records in Vinings
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.
Cobb County Water System
Water utility
Lead service line inventory: Inventory map
Cobb County Water System says it found no lead or galvanized-requiring-replacement lines; its whole inventory is listed as non-lead, and it has a mapped inventory and a form to report your own line's material.
Look up your line The utility’s inventory page
Source: Cobb County, read October 24, 2026Who owns the water line
The county owns the pipe from the water main to the meter; the pipe from the meter to the house is the owner's.
Source: Cobb County, read October 24, 2026Nearby service areas
Drain or sewer trouble in Vinings?
Tell us what the drains are doing, where and since when.
Call (404) 482-2527Or send a service request online
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Sewage coming out of a manhole or at the street?
Who to call first
Cobb County Water System(770) 419-6201Emergency response and dispatch (sewer backups, broken water lines)
Drain or sewer trouble in Vinings?
Call and describe what is happening, where, and since when — the visit starts from there.
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