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Who owns the water service line in Bonney Lake, WA

Which part of the pipe is yours

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The thick length is yours.

If something’s wrong

Who to call first about the water service line

BelowGrid has no first-call guidance on file from Bonney Lake about the water service line.

The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

In Bonney Lake the owner maintains the water service from the water meter to the place of use. Section 13.04.070(G) of the Bonney Lake Municipal Code provides that "The property owner shall install and maintain at his own expense all water service from the water meter to the place of use." The code does not say in terms who maintains the pipe between the main and the meter. This is Bonney Lake's own statement.

The property owner
All water service from the water meter to the place of use. Section 13.04.070(G) also provides that "Property owners are responsible for all leaks or damage due to leaks from privately installed and owned water lines."

What else is worth knowing

The dividing point is the water meter. The code states the owner's part and does not say who maintains the service between the main and the meter; ask the City's water utility before paying for work on that part. About 95% of Bonney Lake's land is inside the City's water service area as the Washington State Department of Health maps it, and this answer applies only inside that area. Other systems serve the rest under their own rules: View Royal Water System about 4% and Tacoma Water about 1%. Check the name on your water bill.

Sources

Bonney Lake Municipal Code section 13.04.070

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What 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.

Bonney Lake: official site

What 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 Bonney Lake'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.
Bonney Lake: official site

Your other pipe: the sewer lateral

The sewer lateral leaving your property is a separate pipe, run by a separate authority, and who is responsible for it is decided separately. In many places the two answers are opposites.

Sewer lateral requirements in Bonney Lake, WA

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

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