Sewer lateral responsibility in Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County has 15 incorporated cities, and BelowGrid has published an answer for 13 of them. Each city sets its own rule, so there is no single county-wide answer.
Cities with a published answer
Where each city puts the point at which the pipe stops being the owner’s, from that city’s own page:
Other cities in this county
BelowGrid has not published an answer for these yet. That says nothing about what each city requires.
- Gilroy
- Sunnyvale
Outside the cities
- Land in Santa Clara County outside any city is not covered by these answers. It is served by the county or by a special district, depending on where it is, and BelowGrid has not published which. Santa Clara County’s official site is the place to start.