Who owns the water service line in Airway Heights, WA
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
In Airway Heights the City cares for the water mains, taps, corporation stops, the leads from the mains to the meters and the meters; owners and water users care for all other pipes on the premises. Section 13.04.130 of the Airway Heights Municipal Code provides that "The water users or property owners are responsible for the care, maintenance and upkeep of all other pipes on the premises." This is Airway Heights's own statement.
- Airway Heights
- The leads from the mains to the meters, and the meters. Section 13.04.130 provides that "The City shall be responsible for the care, upkeep and maintenance of water mains, main taps, corporation shut-off cocks, leads from mains to the meters, and the water meters, including thawing of pipes and meters."
- The property owner
- All pipes on the premises other than those the City keeps.
What else is worth knowing
Sources
Airway Heights Municipal Code section 13.04.130What the pipe is made of
Washington 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.
Airway Heights: 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 Airway Heights' 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, Airway Heights gives the opposite answer to the one above:
In Airway Heights the property owner maintains the side sewer, including the stub in the street, to the point where it enters the public sewer. Section 13.06.620 of the Airway Heights Municipal Code provides that the stub "shall become part of a side sewer and shall be maintained by the property owner to the point of entry into the public sewer."
Your sewer lateral is yours to the main; your water line stops being yours at the meter.
Who pays for the sewer lateral in Airway Heights, WALook up a specific address
This page describes what applies to properties in Airway Heights in general. To see which authorities serve one address, and what records exist for it, search for it.
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