Penn Estates Prevent Water Line Freeze Ups

Hello. This is a courtesy message from Community Utilities of Pennsylvania – Penn Estates, your local water utility provider at 1-800-638-0262.


Due to the expected extremely cold temperatures, this is a reminder that in order to prevent your water lines from freezing, you may choose to leave a faucet on at a slow trickle, about the size of a pencil tip.

It is recommended to use the furthest faucet from where your water line enters your home.

The constant movement of the water helps to prevent internal plumbing from freezing. The small volume of water will amount to a few cents per day but can prevent paying for costly plumbing repairs.

You may also wish to open cabinet doors under your sinks to allow warm air near your water pipes, this can also help them from freezing.

To prevent your water from freezing, if you have outside piping, piping in a crawlspace or if your meter is located in your crawl space, please make sure pipes are frost proof and provide heat in the crawl space since the piping there is exposed to the air.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact our Customer Service Department at 1-800-638-0262. Thank you.