Who pays for the water service line in California American Water, Monterey, CA
This page answers for the water service line only, and holds no sewer lateral answer or requirement. To see what BelowGrid has for the sewer lateral at a property, look up its address.
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
California American Water, Monterey: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on
Who is responsible for which part
The utility owns the service pipe, the curb stop, the meter and the meter box. The customer lays and keeps in repair the piping from the meter to the house.
- California American Water, Monterey
- California American Water's CPUC tariff, Rule 16, states that "The service pipe, curb stop, meter, and meter box furnished by or on behalf of the utility and located wholly or partially upon a customer's premises are the property of the utility." That is ownership: the rule does not say in terms who repairs the service pipe.
- The property owner
- The piping from the meter onward. As a condition of service the customer must "Furnish and lay the necessary piping to make the connection from the service connection to the place of consumption and shall keep such piping in good repair". Rule 1 defines the service connection as "The point of connection of the customer's piping or ditch with the meter, service pipe or ditch owned by the utility", and Rule 16 provides that "The service connection will determine the point of delivery of water service to the customer."
What else is worth knowing
If a leak is on the street side of the meter, the pipe is the utility's property, so report it to California American Water before hiring anyone. Check the name on your water bill first. The State's register puts California American Water's Monterey system over about 97% of Carmel-by-the-Sea, about 99% of Pacific Grove and about 94% of Monterey, where Marina Coast Water District's area covers about 2%. In Sand City, the register puts the Monterey system over about 69% of Sand City; the rest, about 31%, is ground inside the city limits that no published water service area reaches - not a rival utility, and not necessarily unserved. The City itself says that "All water service within Sand City is provided by the California American Water Company (Cal-Am) Monterey Water System."
Sources
California American Water, Rule No. 16What this page cannot tell you
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Who governs and serves this area
- Jurisdiction
- California American Water, Monterey (special district)
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