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Who owns the water service line in Farmersville, CA

Which part of the pipe is yours

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The thick length is yours.

If something’s wrong

Who to call first about the water service line

BelowGrid has no first-call guidance on file from Farmersville about the water service line.

The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

Farmersville owns and maintains the service connection and meter, and the customer keeps the line from the meter to the building. Section 13.04.280 provides that "All water service connections shall remain the property of the city. The expense of maintenance, repair, renewal or replacement of such services, meters, materials, and boxes due to normal wear and usage shall be borne by the city." This is Farmersville's own statement.

Farmersville
The water service connection - the pipeline, curb stop, meter and box from the distribution main - City property, maintained for normal wear and usage at the City's expense.
The property owner
The lateral from the City's meter to the building. The City's utility service application, which applicants for service sign, provides that "The Customer shall be responsible for all maintenance and the proper operation of the lateral pipeline conveying water from the City's meter to the Customers dwelling or other building and/or water fixtures on the Customer's premises."

What else is worth knowing

The line is the meter; the customer's control valve goes immediately outside the meter box on the customer's side, or at the building. Damage beyond normal wear is not covered by the City's duty. Not every address is on the City's system, so check the name on your water bill.

Sources

Farmersville Municipal Code section 13.04.280

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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.
  • This authority's service line inventory - the record of which pipes are lead, and where - has not been matched here yet. Ask the utility for yours.
Farmersville: official site

Your other pipe: the sewer lateral

For the sewer lateral, Farmersville gives the opposite answer to the one above:

Farmersville makes the whole lateral the owner's, the wye connection to the main included. Section 13.08.010 provides that "The sewer lateral begins two feet outside a building and includes all sewer cleanouts and the wye connection. Sewer laterals are not part of the sanitary sewer system and the maintenance, repair and/or replacement of the lateral is solely the responsibility of the property owner."

Your sewer lateral is yours to the main, fitting included; your water line stops being yours at the meter.

Same trench, separate authorities, decided separately.

Who pays for the sewer lateral in Farmersville, CA

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