Water Damage Restoration in Arrowhead Ranch

Behind a lake lot in Arrowhead Ranch, a block wall drops to a strip of gray rock, and the rock ends at the water. That water has a source, a route and a rule book, and the rule book reaches all the way to your back wall.

Arrowhead Ranch is a north Glendale neighborhood on a former citrus farm, annexed by Glendale in 1979 and built out in roughly the late 1980s and 1990s. The Glendale city page covers its housing eras and polybutylene. This page covers the lakes and their rules.

The water loop runs from the plant to the lake

The City of Glendale's Arrowhead Water Reclamation Facility, built in 1984, treats wastewater from the Arrowhead Ranch area. The city says its effluent is "used directly for Arrowhead Lakes and turf irrigation."

A water-industry group reported in 2018 that the plant produces about 2.3 million gallons a day. It fills the lakes and waters the golf courses, HOA landscaping and street trees. In 2021 the city called Arrowhead Ranch "the largest user of reclaimed water in Glendale." Some is stored underground in winter and pumped back in summer.

The Arrowhead Lakes HOA says the lakes' "main source is A+ quality reclaimed water." Deep wells supplement it in summer as needed, so the plant is the main source, not the only one.

The Arrowhead Lakes rule book starts with the water

Arrowhead Lakes is one association within Arrowhead Ranch, northeast of 59th Ave and the 101. The HOA counts 1,026 home sites, and about three in four sit on the water. Its lakes cover more than 130 acres.

The rules, revised in June 2017, say "the lakes are filled with reclaimed wastewater." Members "may not use this wastewater for any purpose whatsoever." Swimming and wading are barred under Arizona's reclaimed-water regulations.

The rules say "the sides and bottoms of the Lake are lined with a flexible PVC plastic liner covered by dirt." Anchors are banned to protect the liner. Docks must not damage the "lake liner, lakewall," and boats may never touch the wall.

Arrowhead Ranch is not one association. The Phase II, Phase IV and Phase V associations and smaller HOAs such as Mohawk have their own documents. Their lake rules differ: Arrowhead Lakes allows boating and catch-and-release fishing, and Phase II bans both on its lakes. If your lot answers to another association, its documents govern.

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Where a lake lot's water is supposed to go

On an Arrowhead Lakes lake lot, the 2023 Architectural Committee guidelines send water to the lake by pipe. Rear-yard drainage must "drain directly into the lake and not onto the easement area." The pipes stay "concealed as much as practical," and gutters and downspouts drain the same way. The HOA's brochure adds the street side: "From the street, to the storm drain, into the lake."

The strip between your lot line and the lake is a six-foot easement the HOA owns. The brochure calls it a "buffer zone" that "protects the lake wall." The guidelines keep it in rock with nothing planted. Rear-yard grading must leave at least 8 inches of the retaining wall exposed. It must also keep the easement's original grade so the wall and its footing aren't compromised.

Pool water has its own route

Pool water may not take the lake route. Arrowhead Lakes' rules prohibit backwashing a pool "into the lake, common areas or street." The 2023 guidelines add the golf course and require drain-downs into the sewer cleanout. The City of Glendale's guidance sends backwash to landscaping when possible, never to the street or right-of-way.

Where a lake lot has a pool, it and its buried lines sit between the house and the lake wall. The pool leak guide covers how a failed line can reach a slab.

When water gets inside anyway

None of these rules promises a dry house. Water that crosses a yard, patio or threshold from outside is Category 3. It gets contaminated-water controls from the first extraction, and the monsoon flood guide explains why.

On Sept 9, 2022, a TV crew spotted flooded streets near 59th Ave and Loop 101 during isolated thunderstorms. Where Glendale storm water goes from there is on the Glendale flood cleanup page.

Arrowhead Ranch sits roughly in ZIP 85308 and parts of 85310, whose ZIP-wide median build years are 1992 and 1995. In homes that age, supply lines, water heaters and fixtures can fail inside walls, and some leaks start under the slab.

We don't guess the wet area. Technicians take readings across the floor and up the walls, mark the edge, and set drying equipment to that map. One team does mitigation and rebuild, working from Peoria and Deer Valley as one licensed team, Valley-wide.

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Common Questions

Why does the lake behind our house rise and fall?

The Arrowhead Lakes HOA says levels "fluctuate due to changes in water storage requirements and/or weather conditions." It tells boat owners to leave 12 to 18 inches of slack. A change in the lake's level says nothing about your house. A damp wall inside gets a moisture map, not a guess.

Where does the water in the Arrowhead lakes come from?

Mainly from the City of Glendale's Arrowhead plant, which treats wastewater from the Arrowhead Ranch area. The Arrowhead Lakes HOA calls it "A+ quality reclaimed water," wells supplement it in summer, and owners may not use it. A drain backup inside a house is a separate matter: it is Category 3 and calls for sewage cleanup.

Where is rain supposed to go on an Arrowhead Lakes lake lot?

Into the lake, by pipe. Under the 2023 guidelines, gutters, downspouts and rear-yard drainage run by concealed pipe, not onto the easement. Other associations have their own rules. Water that gets inside anyway is Category 3, and drying follows a moisture map, not a guess. The Glendale page covers the city's other water-damage questions.

Can a lakefront owner backwash the pool toward the lake?

No. Arrowhead Lakes' rules bar backwash into the lake, common areas or street, and its guidelines add the golf course. Phase II bars backwash that puts chemicals into its lakes or erodes lake banks.

Why can't we plant or water the strip between our back wall and the lake?

On Arrowhead Lakes lots, it is a six-foot easement the HOA owns, and it protects the lake wall. The guidelines keep it in rock with no plants. The HOA's brochure says "roots penetrate the lake wall" and "watering causes erosion."