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Who pays for the sewer lateral in Battle Ground, WA

Which part of the pipe is yours

  • Sewer lateral

    Yours all the way to the main under the road — unless Clark Regional Wastewater District is your sewer provider

    Why, and what to do
  • Water service line

    Yours from the meter to your building — 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 Battle Ground; that does not mean none exists.

Who to call first about the sewer lateral

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

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

Who is responsible for which part

In Battle Ground the property owner is responsible for the whole sewer lateral, from the city main sewer to the building. Section 13.120.050 of the Battle Ground Municipal Code provides that "The abutting property owner shall be responsible for installation, connection, maintenance and operation of the sewer lateral from the city main sewer to the property and structure served."

The property owner
The sewer lateral from the city main sewer to the property and structure served. Section 13.120.020(B) adds that sewer lines placed outside city right-of-way "will be privately maintained unless accepted by the city engineer."

What decides which applies

The dividing point is the city main sewer. This answer is for property on the City's sewer. Clark County's map of sewer providers puts about 80% of Battle Ground's land with the City and about 7% with Clark Regional Wastewater District, whose own code has the property owner maintain the building sewer from the building drain to the public sewer unless the District provides otherwise; about 13% of the city is mapped as rural or resource land with no sewer provider. Check the name on your sewer bill.

Sources

Battle Ground Municipal Code section 13.120.050, Side sewer

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

How this compares to neighbouring cities

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

  • Battle Ground(this page)
    the main (conditions apply)
  • Portland, ORabout 17 mi
    the curb (conditions apply; see that page)
  • Gresham, ORabout 20 mi
    the property line

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 main; your water line stops being yours at the meter.

Who owns the water service line in Battle Ground

Nearby cities and further reading

Look up a specific address

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

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