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Restoration Doctor of South Florida provides water damage restoration in Cooper City, FL, 24 hours a day at (786) 213-9489. A crew can be on-site in as little as 60 minutes in Miami-Dade. Broward and Palm Beach dispatches take somewhat longer. Response times vary based on crew availability and demand. Cooper City was founded in 1959.

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Service area
Cooper City and the rest of Broward County, including Davie, Pembroke Pines, Hollywood and Weston.
Hours
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Services
Water Damage, Storm Damage, Mold, Sewage, Fire & Smoke and Contents
Phone
(786) 213-9489
Mailing Address
1200 Brickell Ave Suite 1950 #1007, Miami, FL 33131
Standard
IICRC S500/S520-aligned documentation

Why water damage happens in Cooper City

Cooper City was created by a Special Act of the Florida Legislature on June 20, 1959. The city's history page places it about fifteen miles southwest of Fort Lauderdale and calls it a bedroom community. Davie lies to the north, Pembroke Pines to the south, Hollywood and Davie to the east and Southwest Ranches to the west. The city is named for Morris Cooper, who bought 691 acres east of SW 100th Avenue and Griffin Road in 1952 and, in 1958, began planning a city that was to be, in the city's words, literally “in the Everglades.” In 2006 the city annexed the Waldrep Dairy Farm.

Named developments include Embassy Lakes and Rock Creek, and the city's own announcements name the Cooper Village and Timberlake communities. A loss in Cooper City may begin with rain that gets ahead of the drainage, or with a water heater, a supply line or a drain line indoors. On a call we ask for the address, the neighborhood and what you know about the age of the plumbing and the roof.

Place facts: Wikipedia, “Cooper City, Florida”; City of Cooper City, Our History; City of Cooper City, Early Settlers; City of Cooper City, Morris Cooper; City of Cooper City, Interesting Facts; City of Cooper City, lift station rehabilitation news; City of Cooper City, Utilities; South Florida Water Management District, history; retrieved October 27, 2026.

Cooper City homes and buildings, and how water gets in

The city's first homes date from 1959: by the end of that year 85 residents lived in 35 completed homes, and by 1963 there were 120 homes on Morris Cooper's 691-acre site, according to the city's own history pages. The city has grown since, including the land annexed in 2006, so one street can hold parts of different ages. Water heaters, supply lines and roof sections age on their own schedules, and the oldest part is not always the one that fails.

That is why the crew does not assume where the water went. It asks what you know about the water heater, the roof and the plumbing, then finds the full extent of the wet area with meters and thermal imaging before any equipment is set. If the street is gated or an association office controls entry, tell us the entrance to use and whom to contact.

Land that was Everglades, and the canal along Griffin Road

The city's own histories describe orange grove and cattle grazing land that was to become a city literally in the Everglades. They say maps dated 1905 show the Everglades reaching as far east as I-95, and that trading barges ran on the South New River Canal, C-11, along Griffin Road. After the floods of 1947 and 1948, the Florida Legislature created the Central and Southern Florida Flood Control District in 1949, the predecessor of today's South Florida Water Management District. Wikipedia lists Cooper City's elevation as 7 feet.

Where rain outruns the canals and lakes that carry it off, water can reach a garage door, an entry threshold or a sliding-door track. Lake, canal or street floodwater that gets inside is Category 3 under the IICRC S500 standard, which adds removal of the porous materials it touched and cleaning of the surfaces before drying.

Sewer lift stations from the 1970s in Cooper Village and Timberlake

A lift station uses pumps to move wastewater onward when gravity cannot carry it the whole way. The city says Lift Station No. 6, in the Cooper Village community, and Nos. 53 and 54 were built in the 1970s and are among the oldest in its wastewater system. Routine inspections found corrosion inside the wet wells, aging pipes and valves, and outdated electrical and mechanical equipment. In February 2026 the City Commission approved rehabilitating all three, including No. 53 in the Timberlake community.

The city says keeping these stations reliable helps reduce the risk of wastewater backups. A backup that reaches a house brings Category 3 water: leave the fixtures on that line unused, keep people and pets away, and call. The work is extraction, removal of the porous materials that were soaked, cleaning and then drying. What caused the backup is not ours to decide.

Water mains, sewer backups and the city's after-hours line

Cooper City's Utilities Department provides drinking water, wastewater and stormwater services. Its utilities page lists an after-hours emergency line for water main breaks, sewer backups, major water leaks and downed trees. If the water is coming from the street or the main, tell the city; for the water already inside your home, call us.

What happens after you call from Cooper City

  1. 1

    Call with the address and the neighborhood

    Call (786) 213-9489 with the street address and, if you know it, the neighborhood: Embassy Lakes, Rock Creek, Cooper Village or Timberlake. A gated street or an association office means we also need the entrance and a contact.

  2. 2

    Stop the water and lift what you can

    Stop the flow at the fixture valve, or at the main shutoff when the source is not obvious. A drain that has backed up should not be used again until the crew has been. Lift small furniture off wet floors and stay away from outlets and sagging ceilings.

  3. 3

    Extract and trace the wet area

    After the standing water is extracted, meters and a thermal camera show where it traveled: under flooring, along cabinet bases, up into wall bases. The crew marks where the wet area ends.

  4. 4

    Dry the structure and keep the readings

    Equipment is set from that map and adjusted as the daily readings change. The job counts as dry when the materials reach the goal, and the photos and readings come to you at the end.

Parts of Cooper City we serve

Cooper Village

Lift Station No. 6 is on SW 103 Avenue in this community. The city says it was built in the 1970s and is among the oldest in its wastewater system.

Timberlake

Lift Station No. 53 is near SW 87 Avenue, the route residents use to reach Griffin Road. The city says it was built in the 1970s, and its rehabilitation was approved in February 2026.

Embassy Lakes and Rock Creek

Two developments named in Wikipedia's article on Cooper City, which says a local elementary school is named for them.

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Water damage questions in Cooper City

A live person answers (786) 213-9489 around the clock, Cooper City addresses included. A crew can be on-site in as little as 60 minutes in Miami-Dade. Broward and Palm Beach dispatches take somewhat longer. Response times vary based on crew availability and demand.

Leave the fixtures on that line unused, keep people and pets out of the wet area and call. Backup water is Category 3 under the S500 standard, so the work is extraction, removal of the porous materials it soaked, cleaning and then drying. The city says Lift Stations No. 6, 53 and 54 were built in the 1970s and approved for rehabilitation in February 2026; the response inside a house does not depend on the cause.

It can change what we check first, not how we find the water. The city's first homes date from 1959, and the water heater, roof and plumbing in one house can be different ages. The crew traces the wet area with meters and a thermal camera instead of assuming.

It can, when heavy rain outruns drainage and water reaches a garage door or an entry threshold. The city's histories describe orange grove and cattle land in the Everglades, with the South New River Canal along Griffin Road, and Wikipedia lists its elevation as 7 feet. Lake, canal or street floodwater that gets inside is Category 3, so extraction, removal of soaked porous materials and cleaning come before drying.

Yes. All four are named in sources for Cooper City, and every city, town and village in Broward County is in our service area. If a gate or an association office controls entry, give us the entrance and a contact when you call, along with any work-hour limits or notice rules the association has.

Broward County's cities, towns and villages are all in our service area, among them Davie to the north, Pembroke Pines to the south and Hollywood to the east; Southwest Ranches lies to the west. Davie, Pembroke Pines and Hollywood each have a page on this site. One number, (786) 213-9489, works from any of them.

Water damage in Cooper City right now?

A person answers (786) 213-9489 at any hour. Tell us the address, what is wet and whether the water is still running. A crew can be on-site in as little as 60 minutes in Miami-Dade. Broward and Palm Beach dispatches take somewhat longer.*

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