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Who owns the water service line in Loma Linda, CA

Which part of the pipe is yours

your buildingproperty linesidewalkstreetmain
The thick length is yours. A dashed marker means the position depends on your property — see below.

If something’s wrong

Who to call first about the water service line

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

The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

Loma Linda maintains the water service connection from the main to the property line, meter included. Section 13.04.160 provides that "The service connections extending from the water main to the property line and including the meter, meter box and curb cock or ball valve, shall be maintained by the utility services division (water)." This is Loma Linda's own statement.

Loma Linda
The service connection from the water main to the property line, including the meter, the meter box and the curb cock or ball valve.
The property owner
The pipes and fixtures on the owner's side. Section 13.04.160 provides that "All pipes and fixtures extending or lying beyond the meter or seven feet from main whichever is closer shall be installed and maintained by the owner of the property."

What decides which applies

The same section draws the owner's line at the meter or at seven feet from the main, whichever is closer, so where a meter sits well back from the main the City's share may end before the meter. Ask the City which applies before paying for a repair between the main and the meter. And one thing to check before you rely on any of it: the State's register puts the City's system over about 82% of Loma Linda's land, Loma Linda University's system over about 4% and the City of Redlands' over about 3%. If one of those two bills you, its own rules govern your service rather than these sections. The remaining sixth or so is ground inside the city limits that no published service area reaches - not a rival utility, and not necessarily unserved. Check the name on your water bill first.

Sources

Loma Linda Municipal Code section 13.04.160, Service connection regulations

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What Loma Linda 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.

Loma Linda has classified more of its service lines than most of California: 0.00% of its lines are unclassified, against 9.2% statewide.

Service lines reported
6,370
Still unclassified
0 (0.00%)
Across California, 9.2% of service lines are unclassified.
Share of service lines still unclassified
  • Loma Linda0.00%
  • California9.2%

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 82% of Loma Linda's land inside the boundary it maps for the city's own water system. A share of land is not a share of homes: open space counts the same as a dense block. Measured 25 Sep 2026.
  • Classified does not mean inspected, and this system inspected less than most. Loma Linda established 10.3% 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.
Loma Linda: official site

Your other pipe: the sewer lateral

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

Loma Linda puts the complete sewer lateral on the owner, from the house to the connection at the main. Section 13.17.030 provides that "Maintenance responsibility for the complete sewer lateral (from structure/dwelling to the joint or saddle) shall be borne by the property owner, pursuant to city of Loma Linda sewer lateral standard SS-3."

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

Same trench, separate authorities, decided separately.

Who pays for the sewer lateral in Loma Linda, CA

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