Water Damage Restoration in Whittier, CA

Whittier sits just below the Whittier Narrows, the gap where the San Gabriel River and the Rio Hondo squeeze between the Montebello Hills and the Whittier Hills. The earthen dam built there in 1957 by the Army Corps protects more than a million people downstream, and it is the reason the city no longer floods the way it did before the war. What the dam cannot do is keep water out of a house that is already leaking.

That house is often older than it looks. Uptown Whittier took the worst of the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake, with homes that were not anchored to their foundations and buildings of unreinforced masonry. Plenty of the housing that survived dates to the 1920s through the 1950s, and its plumbing, drain lines, and roof flashing have aged along with it.

Whittier homeowners reach an independent local restoration provider through this site with a single phone call. The provider does the work and sets its own scope.

Jobs that come up in Whittier

Sewer backups are more common in older neighborhoods with clay laterals and mature street trees, and sewage cleanup treats that water as contaminated from the start. A slow supply leak in a 1940s house is a leak detection job before it is anything else. When a winter storm overwhelms a yard drain or a low garage, flood cleanup clears the water and the soaked material behind it.

Two water utilities, one building department

Whittier is split between providers. The City of Whittier Water Division serves about 48,000 customers from its own pumping plant and takes water emergencies at (562) 567-9530 during business hours and (562) 567-9200 after hours. The east side of the city is served by Suburban Water Systems instead. Check your bill before you call about a meter or a main; the wrong utility will only send you to the right one.

Rebuild permits go through the city's Building and Safety Division, which adopted the 2025 California Building Standards Code on January 1, 2026. Inspections are scheduled by phone at (562) 567-9320 or through the online permits portal. Older homes around Uptown may also fall under historic rules that shape exterior work, so ask before the rebuild is drawn up.

Call (000) 000-0000 to be connected with a local water damage provider serving Whittier.