Who owns the water service line in Calexico, CA
Which part of the pipe is yours
Yours from the meter to your building
Why, and what to do
If something’s wrong
Who to call first about the water service line
Who is responsible for which part
Calexico draws the line at the meter box and states both halves. Section 13.01.170 provides that "The city's responsibility for all water service lines is from the connection at the city's main water line to the water meter box. From the water meter box to the customer's premises is the sole responsibility of the customer to install, own, maintain, and/or replace." This is Calexico's own statement.
- Calexico
- The service line from the main to the meter box, the meter box, the meter and the property stop, as property and as a repair duty. Section 13.01.190 provides that the "connection pipe, meter box, meter and property stop are and shall be the property of the city, which retains the sole right to maintain, repair and service said facilities."
- The property owner
- The house line from the meter to the building - to install, own, maintain and replace. Section 13.01.410 provides that "It shall be the responsibility of the owner of the property or customer to make all repairs and replacements of house lines from the discharge side of the water meter to the structure."
What else is worth knowing
Sources
Calexico Municipal Code section 13.01.170, Responsibility of service lines and house linesWhat Calexico reported to the State about service-line materials
Federal rules required every community water system to inventory its service lines and publish the result. These are the figures this one filed.
The inventory records what each line is made of: lead, galvanized requiring replacement, non-lead, or lead status unknown. “Still unclassified” counts the lines whose material has not been identified. It does not mean they are lead.
Calexico has classified more of its service lines than most of California: 0.00% of its lines are unclassified, against 9.2% statewide.
- 8,793
- 0 (0.00%)
What this page cannot tell you
- This describes who is responsible for which part of the pipe. It is not a record of what your own service line is made of.
- The State's service area map puts effectively all of Calexico's land inside the boundary it maps for the city's own water system. Measured 25 Sep 2026.
- Classified does not mean inspected, and this system inspected less than most. Calexico established 4.4% of its classifications by field inspection, against 22% across California; the rest come from records, the year of construction, or a predictive model.
- These figures were submitted to the State by the water system itself and were read on 4 Sep 2026. They may not reflect its current inventory - ask the water system to confirm anything about a specific address.
Your other pipe: the sewer lateral
The sewer lateral leaving your property is a separate pipe, run by a separate authority, and who is responsible for it is decided separately. In many places the two answers are opposites.
Sewer lateral requirements in Calexico, CALook up a specific address
This page describes what applies to properties in Calexico in general. To see which authorities serve one address, and what records exist for it, search for it.
Search for an addressHow this compares across California
- Why your two pipes disagree — the places where the sewer and water authorities contradict each other about the run beneath the road.
- Which water systems know what is buried — how much of each California system’s network the utility can actually identify.