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Who pays for the sewer lateral in Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61, TX

Which part of the pipe is yours

  • Sewer lateral

    Yours all the way to the main under the road — if certain conditions are met

    Why, and what to do
your buildingproperty linesidewalkstreetmain
The thick length is yours. A dashed marker means the position depends on your property — see below.

If something’s wrong

Repairing, selling or remodelling? BelowGrid has no sewer lateral permit or inspection rule on file for Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61; that does not mean none exists.

Who to call first about the sewer lateral

BelowGrid has no first-call guidance on file from Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61 about the sewer lateral.

Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

If Harris County FWSD 61 bills your sewer, you maintain the sewer line from the house to the District's sewer line. The District states that the customer is responsible for "Repairs and maintenance of all sewer lines from the point of connection to the District's sewer line to the house".

The property owner
All sewer lines from the house to the point where they connect to the District's sewer line, and the plumbing in the house.

What decides which applies

The dividing point is the connection to the District's sewer line; the District does not say who keeps the joint itself. The District is responsible for its sanitary sewer collection system, which it lists as its treatment facilities, lift stations, sewer mains and manholes, and it inspects repairs made to service lines on your property. This answer applies only where the District bills your sewer; the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality maps its legal district boundary, about a quarter of it inside the City of Houston, and that is not a map of who provides sewer service. Check the name on your sewer bill.

Sources

Harris County Fresh Water Supply District #61

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What this page cannot tell you

  • No local requirement has been published here yet. This jurisdiction may well have some - ask it directly.
  • No assistance or grant programme has been reviewed for this jurisdiction yet.
  • BelowGrid holds no separate map of sewer providers here. This page gives Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61's own answer, for the area inside the boundary BelowGrid holds for it; look up an address to see whose answer applies there. That boundary is the district's legal boundary, which is not a map of who provides sewer service.

Who governs and serves this area

Jurisdiction
Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61 (special district)
Sewer service
No separate map of sewer providers is held here. This page gives Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61’s own answer, for the area inside the boundary BelowGrid holds for it. That boundary is the district’s legal boundary, which is not a map of who provides sewer service. Look up an address to see whose answer applies there, or check the name on your sewer bill.

How this compares to neighbouring districts

The nearest district draws the line in the same place. Each authority publishes only its own rule.

  • Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61(this page)
    the main (conditions apply)
  • Clear Lake City Water Authorityabout 38 mi
    the main (conditions apply; see that page)

Distances are approximate, in a straight line between the places’ centres.

Look up a specific address

This page describes what applies to properties in Harris County Fresh Water Supply District No. 61 in general. To see which authorities serve one address, and what records exist for it, search for it.

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