Who pays for the water service line in West Valley 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

Water service line
Yours from the meter to your building
Why, and what to do

If something’s wrong

Who to call first about the water service line

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

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

Who is responsible for which part

West Valley Water District owns and maintains the service connection from the main to the discharge side of the meter, including the meter, the meter box and the curb stop. Everything beyond the meter, including your own shut-off valve, is yours to install and maintain. Section 509 of the District's regulations draws the line in one place for both sides.

West Valley Water District: The service connection from the water main to the discharge side of the meter. The District's Water Service Regulations provide that "The service connections extending from the water main to the discharge side of the meter including the meter, meter box, and curb stop becomes the property of the District and shall be maintained by the District." Damage a customer causes to those facilities is charged to the customer.
The property owner: Everything past the meter. The same section continues: "All pipes and fixtures, including customer's shut off valve, extending or lying beyond the discharge side of the meter shall be installed and maintained by the owner of the property." The control valve on the customer's side is set by the District when the meter goes in, but "shall be maintained by the customer at his/her expense."

What else is worth knowing

The line is the discharge side of the meter: the curb stop and the meter are the District's, and the shut-off valve just past the meter is yours. This answer applies where West Valley Water District is the supplier: the area the State's register draws for it, mostly in Rialto, Fontana and Colton with about three-tenths on unincorporated San Bernardino County ground. Ground that the same register also gives to the City of Rialto's own water system, Fontana's San Gabriel Valley Water Company system, Jurupa or Rubidoux Community Services Districts or Marygold Mutual Water Company is left out, because there the bill may come from someone else under their own rules. Check that the name on your water bill is West Valley Water District before relying on it.

Sources

West Valley Water District, Water Service Regulations (adopted 17 May 2018

Also quoted:

West Valley Water District, Service Information

Checked 4 Oct 2026 (3 weeks ago)

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.
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Who governs and serves this area

Jurisdiction: West Valley 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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