Who owns the water service line in Mesquite, TX
Which part of the pipe is yours
Yours from the meter to your building
Why, and what to doYours from your property line to your building
Why, and what to do
If something’s wrong
Who to call first about the water service line
Who is responsible for which part
Mesquite owns and maintains the water service from the main to the meter, including the meter and meter box. Section 16-44(g) of the Code of the City of Mesquite provides that the "City assumes ownership of and is responsible for maintenance of the water service from the City water main to the meter, including the meter, and meter box." This is Mesquite's own statement.
- Mesquite
- The water service from the City water main to the meter, including the meter and the meter box.
- The property owner
- The water service from the gasket on the customer's side of the meter to the point of water demand, under section 16-44(g).
What else is worth knowing
Sources
Code of the City of Mesquite section 16-44What 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.
Mesquite: 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 Mesquite'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, Mesquite says:
Mesquite maintains the sanitary sewer service inside the City right-of-way or sewer easement; the owner has the rest. Section 16-45(c) of the Code of the City of Mesquite provides that the "City is responsible for maintenance of the sanitary sewer service within the City right-of-way or sewer easement" and that the "property owner is responsible for maintenance of the sanitary sewer service from the right-of-way or sewer easement boundary to the structure."
Your sewer lateral is yours to the property line; your water line stops being yours at the meter.
Who pays for the sewer lateral in Mesquite, TXLook up a specific address
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