Underground service leaks
Suspected breaks and splits between the meter and the house located as precisely as possible so the dig is targeted, not exploratory.
Restore the property water supply
An underground service-line leak quietly drops your pressure, soaks the yard, and runs up the water bill — sometimes for months before anyone notices. Jetstar Plumbing and Drains locates the break and plans a controlled repair or replacement, so it's fixed once instead of chased.
Understand the problem

The water service line is the pipe that carries clean, pressurized water from the meter at the street to your house. When it leaks or breaks underground, the symptoms look a lot like other problems — an irrigation leak, an interior failure, a meter issue, or just soggy spring ground — so pinning down the real source before anyone digs is what keeps the repair from becoming an expensive guess.
Jetstar Plumbing and Drains repairs and replaces property-side water lines across Utah County and Salt Lake County. We check meter behavior, the visible symptoms, the likely route, the pipe material, access, and the condition of any exposed connections to build a repair scope that fits the actual failure — and we price it before we open the ground.
Local ground conditions shape these jobs. A lot of Salt Lake and Utah County service lines are old galvanized steel or early polyethylene that corrodes, cracks, or splits with age, and Utah's freeze depth means these pipes are buried deep — a good thing for frost protection, but it makes a break harder to reach and more important to locate precisely. Because the line is under pressure, an underground leak can push hundreds of gallons into the soil and onto your bill without ever surfacing as a puddle. The faster it's located, the smaller the dig and the sooner the water bill stops climbing.
Talk through the symptomsScope
Suspected breaks and splits between the meter and the house located as precisely as possible so the dig is targeted, not exploratory.
Whole-house pressure loss traced to a line restriction, a leak, a regulator, or a valve — so the real cause gets fixed.
Old galvanized and early-poly lines with a history of leaks weighed for a spot repair versus a full, one-and-done replacement.
Replacement lines routed around utilities, structures, and hardscape at the proper depth with correct connections at both ends.
Know the signs
If these symptoms are active or worsening, call before water or wastewater creates a larger problem.
Shut off every fixture; if the meter still moves, water is escaping on your side of it — often a buried service-line leak.
Ground that stays soggy, or a strip of unusually green grass, with no sprinkler or rain to explain it can mark the leak's path.
A building-wide pressure change points to the main line, a regulator, or a valve rather than one fixture — worth diagnosing before it worsens.
Repeated failures in old pipe usually mean the whole line is near the end, making a full replacement smarter than another patch.
Straight answer on price
Water-line work is quoted once we locate the problem and confirm repair versus replacement. What affects the price:
Typical range
$500 – $2,000
Typical Salt Lake & Utah county range. Your exact price is quoted before any work begins.
A leak at the meter, in the yard, or under a slab each takes different work to reach.
A longer or deeper service line costs more to repair or replace.
Fixing one failed spot is smaller than replacing the full line.
Restoring concrete, driveway, or landscaping over the line is part of the price.
Inspect → act → verify
We check the meter, main shutoff, irrigation, and interior plumbing so an interior or sprinkler leak isn't mistaken for the service line.
Records, surface clues, and locating equipment mark the line's path and the likely failure point to keep the dig small.
The approved section or full service route is exposed, corrected or re-run, connected, and protected for the long haul.
The line is brought back to pressure, checked for leaks and proper flow, and prepped for the agreed surface restoration.
Why Jetstar
Jetstar Plumbing and Drains handles the digging and the water-side repair as one job, so nothing falls between two contractors.
A first, isolated leak and a line that's failed repeatedly get different honest recommendations — not an automatic full replacement.
Utility conflicts, shutoff coordination, depth, and restoration are worked out before the first shovel, not discovered mid-dig.
Local coverage
Jetstar Plumbing and Drains serves all 46 municipalities in Utah County and Salt Lake County. Start with a featured local page or explore the complete county-by-county directory.
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