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Who pays for the sewer lateral in Waco, TX

Which part of the pipe is yours

your buildingproperty linesidewalkstreetmain
The thick length is yours.

If something’s wrong

Repairing, selling or remodelling? BelowGrid has no sewer lateral permit or inspection rule on file for Waco; that does not mean none exists.

Who to call first about the sewer lateral

BelowGrid has no first-call guidance on file from Waco about the sewer lateral.

Waco: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

Waco owns and maintains the sewer service line from the main to the public/private cleanout; the owner has the line from the cleanout to the building. Section 5.9(A) of the City of Waco Water and Sanitary Sewer Design Manual (2023) provides that service lines from the main to that cleanout "shall be owned and maintained by the City", and that service lines from the cleanout to the point of use "are considered private and shall be owned and maintained in good working condition by the property owner."

Waco
The residential service line from the sewer main to the public/private cleanout, which section 5.9(A) places within public right-of-way or a public sanitary sewer easement.
The property owner
The service line from the public/private cleanout to the point of use, under section 5.9(A).

What else is worth knowing

The dividing point is the two-way cleanout near the right-of-way or easement line, which section 5.9(A) requires "to demarcate public vs. private maintenance responsibilities". The section is headed Residential. Where there is no cleanout, ask the City's Water Utility before paying for work near the street. The Public Utility Commission of Texas maps no other utility's certificated sewer area over more than about 0.3% of Waco's land. This comes from the City's 2023 design manual for water and sewer work, not the Code of Ordinances, which does not address it.

Sources

City of Waco Water and Sanitary Sewer Design Manual (2023), Section 5

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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.
  • 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
Waco (municipality)
Sewer service
No map of sewer providers is held here. BelowGrid cannot say which sewer provider serves an individual address.

The closest places BelowGrid has checked

Both of the nearest cities draw the line somewhere else. Each authority publishes only its own rule.

  • Waco(this page)
    the cleanout
  • Bryanabout 78 mi
    the main
  • Fort Worthabout 85 mi
    the property line (conditions apply; see that page)

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

Your other pipe: the water service line

The drinking water line coming into your property is a separate pipe, run by a separate authority, and who is responsible for it is decided separately. Your sewer lateral is yours to the cleanout; your water line stops being yours at the meter.

Who owns the water service line in Waco

Nearby cities and further reading

Look up a specific address

This page describes what applies to properties in Waco in general. To see which authorities serve one address, and what records exist for it, search for it.

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