Who pays for the water service line in South Coast Water District, CA

The ordinance fixes your side and calls the meter the District's; it does not say in terms who owns or repairs the service pipe between the main and the meter. The District's design criteria, written for developers and contractors, put the facilities "up to the meter or point of connection with the customer's facilities" under the District's control, and start the customer's side at the service connection, "which shall normally be the downstream end of the meter tailpiece". So if a leak is on the street side of the meter, report it to the District before hiring anyone. Some meters sit on private land; the District has a yearly project to "move these meters from private premises to the public right-of-way". Check the name on your water bill. The State's register puts the District's system over about 93% of Dana Point. It also draws the areas of two other districts over parts of the city, neither verified by the State: Santa Margarita Water District's Improvement District 9 over about 6% and Moulton Niguel Water District over about 6%, and the areas on the register overlap in places. The City says its water system is "owned, operated and maintained by two Independent Special Districts", South Coast and Moulton Niguel, and points residents to its Water District Boundaries Map "to determine which District services your property". If another district bills you, its own rules apply, not these.