Who owns the water service line in Bryan, TX
Which part of the pipe is yours
Yours from the meter to your building
Why, and what to doYours all the way to the main under the road
Why, and what to do
If something’s wrong
Who to call first about the water service line
Who is responsible for which part
Bryan maintains the water lines and equipment on the City side of the meter; the customer has everything on the customer's side. Section 122-47 of the Bryan Code of Ordinances provides that "The city will install and maintain lines and equipment on the city side of the meter." This is Bryan's own statement.
- Bryan
- The lines and equipment on the City side of the meter.
- The property owner
- All water service facilities on the customer's side of the meter, which section 122-46(a) makes the customer responsible for installing, providing, repairing and maintaining.
What else is worth knowing
Sources
Bryan Code of Ordinances section 122-47What 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.
Bryan: official siteWhat 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 Bryan'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.
Your other pipe: the sewer lateral
For the sewer lateral, Bryan gives the opposite answer to the one above:
In Bryan the property owner maintains the private sewer service line from the building to the public main. Section 122-149 of the Bryan Code of Ordinances defines the private service line as the privately-owned pipe "starting at the user's building's outer wall or foundation and ending at the public main", and section 122-150(c) provides that the "owner of a private service line shall operate, repair and maintain his line".
Your sewer lateral is yours to the main; your water line stops being yours at the meter.
Who pays for the sewer lateral in Bryan, TXLook up a specific address
This page describes what applies to properties in Bryan in general. To see which authorities serve one address, and what records exist for it, search for it.
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