Plumbing service for Garden Grove and the central OC area
Garden Grove borders Stanton to the south and east, sharing the same mid-century development history and housing stock profile. The city built out rapidly through the 1950s, 1960s, and into the 1970s with single-family tract homes and apartment buildings that now carry 60 to 70 years of plumbing wear. The western sections of Garden Grove nearest to Stanton are particularly dense with 1960s-70s multi-family housing and a high renter population similar to Stanton's.
Garden Grove is served by several water utilities depending on the specific area: the City of Garden Grove water department covers most of the city, with some portions on Mesa Water District service in the southeastern areas. Both supply moderately hard water from the OC groundwater basin and MWD imports, producing the same scale accumulation in water heaters, aerators, and supply lines that is common throughout central OC. The plumbing failure patterns in Garden Grove's older housing are nearly identical to what we see in Stanton.