Peoria, AZ Water Use Rules: Leak Reporting Duty (2026)
Key Facts
- Repair deadline
- 14 days after leak discovery
- Minimum civil sanction
- $250.00
- Maximum civil sanction
- $1,000.00 per day
- Enforcing office
- Water Services Director
- Immediate remedy
- City may shut off water for ongoing waste
Summary
Peoria customers must repair a water leak on their property within 14 days of discovery, and the Water Services Director may impose civil sanctions between $250 and $1,000 for each day a leak goes unfixed. Wasting water or letting it run off onto streets is separately prohibited.
Customers shall repair water leaks upon their property within fourteen (14) days after discovery. Failure to repair a water leak shall subject the customer to a civil sanction. ... The Water Services Director may impose Civil Sanctions for violations of this Chapter in an amount not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) and not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). Each day such a violation occurs shall be deemed a separate violation for purposes of this Chapter and shall subject the customer to a separate Civil Sanction in the amount provided by this Chapter.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-9: Supplement contains: LLocal legislation current through Ord. 2026-15, passed 6-16-26).
Full Breakdown
Section 25-53 of the Peoria City Code, part of the Water Conservation and Drought Management Procedures article, requires customers to prevent unnecessary waste of water and to keep all water outlets closed when not in actual use, covering fixtures such as hydrants, urinals, water closets and bathtubs; the City may immediately shut off water supply where such waste occurs. Subsection (b) separately bars water running off a landscaped area onto streets, sidewalks, gutters, alleys, public utility easements, or public or private parking areas where it is not put to beneficial use.
Subsection (c) is the leak-reporting duty itself: customers must repair a water leak on their property within fourteen (14) days after discovery, and failure to do so subjects the customer to a civil sanction. 00, and each day the violation continues is treated as a separate violation carrying its own separate sanction. The section was last amended by Ordinance No. 2026-01, § 14, effective January 13, 2026, and traces back to Ordinance No. 05-23 (2005) and Ordinance No. 07-37 (2007), which repealed and re-enacted the section.
Violations & Fines
A customer who fails to repair a discovered water leak within the 14-day window is subject to a civil sanction imposed by the Water Services Director of not less than $250.00 and not more than $1,000.00 under Sec. 25-53(d). Because each day the leak remains unrepaired counts as a separate violation, sanctions accrue daily rather than as a single flat fine. The same civil sanction framework applies to unnecessary waste of water and to runoff that leaves a property without beneficial use, and the City may also terminate water service immediately where waste is occurring under Sec. 25-53(a).
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