Quick answer
For water damage in Riverside, UT, shut off your main valve first, or turn off the well pump breaker if you are on a private well. For a company water line break, call Riverside-North Garland Water at 435-279-3761. Then call a water damage restoration company; drying should start within 24 to 48 hours. A Utah insurance rule gives insurers 15 days to acknowledge a claim.
Do this first
Local water and sewer lines.
Riverside is unincorporated, and its culinary water comes from the Riverside-North Garland Water Company. For homes on septic, the Bear River Health Department line is on the North Logan page.
- Shut off the water. Shut off the main valve where the line enters the house. For a break on the company water line, call Riverside-North Garland Water at 435-279-3761.
- Make it safe and document it. Cut power to wet rooms from a dry spot, photograph the damage, then report the claim.
- Start drying within 24 to 48 hours. About 38% of Riverside homes went up before 1960. Older galvanized lines and water heaters are common leak sources.
Riverside's culinary water system dates to 1973, when 17 miles of pipe were laid from a deep well at Plymouth. Lines that age are worth watching in hard freezes.
What to know about water damage in Riverside
17 miles
Length of pipe laid in 1973 to bring culinary water to Riverside from a deep well on the hill at Plymouth.
Source: Box Elder County, Riverside
Named for the river
The townsite was surveyed in 1894, when the church formed new Fielding and Riverside wards. Two apostles named it Riverside for its spot near the Malad River. Seven families lived there by January 9, 1895.
Source: Box Elder County, Riverside
Sugar beet farms
By 1905 Riverside farms grew sugar beets for the Garland factory. Electric lines came in 1905 and telephones in 1906. The factory closed after its last beet campaign in 1978 and 1979.
Source: Box Elder County, Riverside
Two wells and canal water
Riverside-North Garland Water draws on two wells and buys part of its supply from the Bear River Water Conservancy District, serving about 1,490 people in 2025.
Source: Utah Division of Water Rights
Paved in 1960
Riverside's streets were hard-surfaced in 1960 and 1961. Old Highway 191 through town is now State Highway 13, and the Union Pacific runs along the west side.
Source: Box Elder County, Riverside
Homes in Riverside
The median home dates to 1993. About 38% were built before 1960 and 25% in 2010 or later, with a median value near $438,900.
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Cost and insurance in Riverside
How much does water damage restoration cost in Riverside?
Most jobs run $450 to $16,000 (Angi). River or canal water that comes in from outside is a flood claim, which needs separate flood insurance. Pre-1960 farmhouses with wood floors over crawlspaces need the crawlspace dried too, not just the rooms above.
Water removal and restoration in Riverside
The company that answers handles septic tank backups, frozen and burst pipes in crawlspaces, water heater failures, and supply line leaks, plus burst pipes, appliance leaks, drying, and septic backups.
Riverside questions
Who supplies water in Riverside?
The Riverside-North Garland Water Company, at 435-279-3761.
When did Riverside get culinary water?
In 1973, from a deep well at Plymouth through 17 miles of pipe.
When was Riverside founded?
The townsite was surveyed in 1894.
Who handles septic permits in Riverside?
The Bear River Health Department. The number is on the North Logan page.
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