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Who pays for the water service line in Western Municipal 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

If something’s wrong

Who to call first about the water service line

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

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

Who is responsible for which part

The meter is the line. The District's code makes the service connection - the tap, the service lateral and the meter assembly - District property that the District maintains, repairs or replaces, and puts the customer line on the customer. The one exception is the customer valve inside the meter box: the District owns it, but the customer looks after it.

Western Municipal Water District
The service connection from the main through the meter. Water District Code section 5.15.020: "All facilities installed by the district for the purpose of supplying water service shall remain the property of the district and will be maintained, repaired, or replaced by the district." Section 5.05.030 defines the water service connections as "the physical water facilities that are the property of the district", made up of the service lateral assembly ("the tap to the main, connection valve or corporation stop, zero- to 60-foot service lateral, and curb stop or line setter") and the meter assembly. Section 5.15.140: "The water service connection shall become the property of and maintained by the district."
The property owner
The customer line, from the meter to the house, and the valve on your side of the meter. Section 5.15.140: "The customer line shall be installed and maintained by the customer." Section 5.15.060 says the customer valve inside the meter box "shall be the property of the district", but "The customer shall be responsible, at its sole cost and expense, for the operation, maintenance, and repair of the customer valve".

What else is worth knowing

The code draws the line at the meter, with the valve right behind it District property that you keep in repair. Section 5.15.040 adds that the District's "jurisdiction and responsibility cease at the end of the service connection", and that it is not liable for water from "broken or damaged pipes beyond the district meter connection." This answer applies where Western Municipal Water District is your retail supplier: the area the State's register draws for its own system, most of it on unincorporated Riverside County ground, with parts in Riverside and Corona. The City of Riverside and the City of Corona serve most of their cities under their own rules. Check that the name on your water bill is Western Municipal Water District.

Sources

Western Municipal Water District, Water District Code

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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
Western Municipal Water District (special district)
Sewer service
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