Newport Beach, CA Water Use Rules: Leak Reporting Duty (2026)

" It bars any person from permitting loss or escape of water through breaks, leaks, or other malfunctions in that person's own plumbing or distribution system beyond the point the leak reasonably should have been discovered and corrected, and it sets a hard outer limit: repairs must happen within three days of the customer receiving notice of the condition from the City, unless the customer has made other arrangements with the City. 140, which directs the Director to maintain an implementation plan that notifies violators and gives them a chance to cure a violation before a citation issues.

05, the City has two escalation tools reserved for continuing or willful violations: it can install a water flow restrictor, sized at roughly one gallon per minute for services up to one and one-half inches, after giving the customer at least 48 hours' written notice of its intent to do so, and if the customer refuses to allow the restrictor to be installed, the City can terminate water service outright. 140(B)(2) without first installing a restrictor. 12.