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Who owns the water service line in Amarillo, TX

Which part of the pipe is yours

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The thick length is yours.

If something’s wrong

Who to call first about the water service line

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

The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

In Amarillo the customer maintains the water pipes from the outlet side of the City meter. Section 18-2-11 of the Amarillo Code of Ordinances provides that "The customer shall be responsible for maintenance of all service pipes, shutoff valves and plumbing appurtenances from the outlet side of the City water meter." This is Amarillo's own statement.

The property owner
All service pipes, shutoff valves and plumbing appurtenances from the outlet side of the City water meter, under section 18-2-11.

What else is worth knowing

The dividing point is the outlet side of the City meter. For the pipe from the main to the meter, section 18-2-11 provides that "The City reserves the right to make all repairs and renewals of service pipes from main to meter" and makes it unlawful for anyone else to repair or renew them without the City's written consent; it does not state a duty to maintain them, so ask the City before any work between the main and the meter. About 99% of Amarillo's land is inside the City's water system as the Texas Water Development Board maps it, and this answer applies only inside that area. Check the name on your water bill.

Sources

Amarillo Code of Ordinances section 18-2-11

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What the pipe is made of

Texas publishes no statewide inventory of what service lines are made of. Each water system filed its own with the State, and federal rules require the utility to make it public, so the utility is the place to ask what is recorded for this address.

Amarillo: official site

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.
  • This answer applies inside the area the State maps for Amarillo's own water system, which does not follow the city limits: some addresses in the city are served by another supplier, and some outside it are served by the city. An address search checks which side an address is on.
  • This authority's service line inventory - the record of which pipes are lead, and where - has not been matched here yet. Ask the utility for yours.
Amarillo: official site

Your other pipe: the sewer lateral

For the sewer lateral, Amarillo says:

In Amarillo the property owner maintains the wastewater service connection and lateral from the City main. Section 18-3-71(d) of the Amarillo Code of Ordinances provides that "Maintenance of the Wastewater service connection and lateral extending from the City main shall be the responsibility of the property owner."

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 Amarillo, TX

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