Who pays for the water service line in Coachella Valley Water District, 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

Water service line
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

BelowGrid has no first-call guidance on file from Coachella Valley Water District about the water service line.

Coachella Valley Water District: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

Coachella Valley Water District owns and maintains the service connection, through the shut-off valve just past the meter; the line from there to the house is the owner's. Section 3.05.060 provides that "The district owns, operates, and maintains the service connection. The property owner is responsible for the customer service line."

Coachella Valley Water District: The service connection, which section 3.05.010 defines as "the district's facilities including pipe, fittings, meter, meter box and check valve or backflow prevention device and shut-off valve, extending from the district's domestic water main to the outlet of the shut-off valve downstream of the meter".
The property owner: The customer service line - "the customer's facilities including pipe, fittings and appurtenances extending from the outlet of the shut-off valve downstream of the district's meter" - and all equipment on the customer's side of the meter.

What else is worth knowing

The exact line is the outlet of the shut-off valve just downstream of the meter, not the meter itself. Before relying on any of this, check the name on your water bill. The State's register puts the District's system over nearly all of Palm Desert. In La Quinta it covers about 82% of the city's land, and the rest, about 18%, is ground inside the city limits that no published water service area reaches - not a rival utility, and not necessarily unserved. In Rancho Mirage it covers about 75% of the city's land, Desert Water Agency's system about 6% - if Desert Water Agency bills you, its own rules apply - and about 19% is ground inside the city limits that no published water service area reaches - not a rival utility, and not necessarily unserved. In Indian Wells it covers about 70% of the city's land, and the rest, about 30%, is ground inside the city limits that no published water service area reaches - not a rival utility, and not necessarily unserved.

Sources

Coachella Valley Water District Code, section 3.05.060, General provisions - service connections

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Checked 23 Sep 2026 (5 weeks ago)

What this page cannot tell you

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Who governs and serves this area

Jurisdiction: Coachella Valley Water District (special district)
Sewer service: Coachella Valley Water District
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