Plumbers in Loma Linda, CA

A university city between Redlands and San Bernardino

Loma Linda is a San Bernardino County city about 11 miles from Riverside in a straight line, close to San Bernardino, Redlands and Grand Terrace. It incorporated in 1970 and counted 24,791 residents in 2020. The city grew up around Loma Linda University and its medical center; nearly half of residents are Seventh-day Adventists, and it is known as a Blue Zone for long lives. The eastern half, Bryn Mawr, was once a separate unincorporated community, and the South Hills open space reserve rises along the southern edge.

City water and sewer

The City of Loma Linda produces and distributes its own water and maintains the sewer system, including treatment, while the Finance Department handles sign-ups and billing at (909) 799-2845, Monday through Thursday. For a water, sewer or street emergency after hours, the city's number is (909) 356-3805. That line is for problems on the public side, such as a main break or a blocked city sewer. Leaks and clogs inside the house, under the slab or in the private lateral are the owner's to fix with a plumber.

The City's annual water quality report lists the hardness of Loma Linda's water. Most Inland Empire water is hard enough to leave scale in water heaters and fixtures, and the city's water quality report is the source for its current numbers.

Homes and the creek

The median Loma Linda home was built in 1983, so many houses are on their second or third water heater and approaching the age when original valves, supply lines and drain fittings start to fail. San Timoteo Creek runs southeast to northwest through the city and has flooded parts of it in the past. Homes on low ground near the creek can benefit from a working backwater valve on the sewer lateral, and from a plumber's look at the drains after heavy winter storms.

Permits and gas

The Building and Safety Division of the Community Development Department issues permits at its public counter from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., and applications can also go through the city's online Citizen Self Service portal; call (909) 799-2836. City Hall is closed Fridays. SoCalGas supplies natural gas; the city does not. If you smell gas, leave the house, and from outside call 911 and SoCalGas at 1-800-427-2200.

Loma Linda compared with Riverside

Riverside residents call Riverside Public Utilities for water and the City for sewer. In Loma Linda one city utility covers both, with its own after-hours number and its own permit counter hours. When you call the number on this page, describe the problem and whether the water is off. You will be connected with an independent plumber who covers Loma Linda, and price and timing are agreed directly with that plumber.