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Who pays for the water service line in Serrano 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

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Who to call first about the water service line

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

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

Who is responsible for which part

Serrano Water District owns the line to the meter and stops at its outlet. The District's rules define the Point of Ownership as "The point where the District's ownership and control of water system facilities ends, which shall be the outlet (downstream) side of the water meter or the control valve upstream of the backflow device", and provide that "Service laterals, from the point beginning on the customer side of the meter, are the responsibility of the Applicant."

Serrano Water District
Ownership and control of the facilities up to the meter outlet. Meters "shall remain the property of the District at all times, though committed to a particular service connection, and shall be maintained, repaired, replaced and read by District personnel." The rules state no separate maintenance duty for the service lateral on the District's side.
The property owner
The service lateral from the customer side of the meter. "The District assumes no responsibility for the maintenance and/or operation of the Customer's water system downstream of the Point of Ownership."

What else is worth knowing

Where a backflow device is fitted, the Point of Ownership can instead be the control valve upstream of it, which may sit just past the meter, and the District may by written agreement put it somewhere else. The State's register puts the District's area over about 99% of Villa Park; the City of Orange's area covers about 1%, and Orange's own rules apply there. Check the name on your water bill.

Sources

Serrano Water District, Rules and Regulations for Water Service (approved 9 May 2017, amended 21 April 2020), section 1.2 (definitions: meter, Point of Ownership), 2.5 and 4.2.7

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What this page cannot tell you

  • This page answers for the water service line only and holds no sewer lateral answer or requirement. Look up an address to see what BelowGrid has for the sewer lateral there.
  • No assistance or grant programme has been reviewed for this jurisdiction yet.
  • No sewer service territory has been mapped for this area, so BelowGrid cannot say who serves an individual address.

Who governs and serves this area

Jurisdiction
Serrano Water District (special district)
Sewer service
No map of sewer providers is held here. BelowGrid cannot say which sewer provider serves an individual address.

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