Bremen, GA
Water Damage in Bremen, GA: A City in Two Counties
Bremen lies mostly in Haralson County, with a small slice in Carroll County, and the 2020 Census put 45 residents on the Carroll side. This page gathers the housing numbers, the utility contacts and the problems that go with them. Is a floor wet this minute? Begin with standing water removal. Questions? Call (678) 839-7986.
Bremen in eight numbers
Who answers when a pipe or a wire is the trouble
Bremen's published phone list shows City Hall, 770-537-2331, for water, and the police at 770-537-4441. It names no gas company and no sewer office, so a gas smell goes to 911 first, and sewer questions start at City Hall.
Power comes from Georgia Power, which takes outages and downed lines at 1-888-891-0938, or from Carroll EMC at 770-832-3552, option 1. The bill says which one serves the street. Outside the city, the Haralson water authority covers the unincorporated county and Buchanan at 770-646-6633.
The Carroll County sliver of Bremen belongs to a different county government, with its seat in Carrollton, not Buchanan.
Tips for this town
- Check whether your power bill comes from Georgia Power or Carroll EMC. Georgia Power's outage reporting number is 1-888-891-0938, and Carroll EMC's outage line is 770-832-3552, option 1.
- Find the main shutoff inside the house and the meter outside. EPA's two-hour test is to read the meter, use no water, then read it again; any change flags a hidden leak.
- Georgia's insurance department asks for photos taken ahead of a temporary repair, plus every receipt kept afterward. FEMA wants the photos labeled by room.
- Bremen straddles two counties. If your street is on the Carroll County side, say so on the call, so the county offices named for you are the right ones.
- When water has reached a second room, a ceiling is stained, or a wall is still damp a day later, call (678) 839-7986.
What tends to go wrong in Bremen houses
- Older plumbing and appliances
- 366 homes date from the 1950s and 290 from 1949 or earlier. It is fair to ask how old the water heater and supply lines are.
- A big batch from 2000 to 2009
- 854 homes went up in those years, the largest group in the Census table, so original water heaters and hoses have some years on them.
- Renters in about a quarter of homes
- 632 of 2,444 occupied homes are rented, margin 234, so many calls begin with a landlord's number.
- Rain that finds a low spot
- In the Carrollton normals, rain of an inch or more falls on 16.3 days a year. The Weather Service says flash floods come within about 6 hours of heavy rain.
- Freezing nights
- Haralson's climate page counts 70.6 nights a year below freezing, which tests pipes on outside walls.