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Who pays for the sewer lateral in Bremerton, WA

Which part of the pipe is yours

  • Sewer lateral

    Yours from your property line to your building

    Why, and what to do
  • Water service line

    Yours from your property line 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

If a repair needs a permit or an inspection

  • Before work on the pipe · Permit

    Who issues it:
    City of Bremerton
    What it covers:
    projects, alterations, repairs or connections to the utility system, including opening, repairing or replacing it, connecting to it and disconnecting from it

    Bremerton Municipal Code section 15.01.090 provides that "A permit shall be required by the City for all projects, alterations, repairs, or connections to the utility system."

The repair rule in full, with its sources

No rule on file here is specific to selling, buying, remodelling or adding a unit; that does not mean none exists.

Who to call first about the sewer lateral

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

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

Who is responsible for which part

In Bremerton the City owns and maintains the sewer service connection from the main to the property line; the owner is responsible for the private sewer on the property. Section 15.03.080 of the Bremerton Municipal Code provides that "The service connections shall be extended at right angles from the wastewater system to a point adjacent to the property line and shall be maintained by and kept within the exclusive control of the City."

Bremerton
The service connection from the main to the property line. Section 15.03.090 provides that "All connections from the wastewater main to the property line shall be and remain the property of the City".
The property owner
The private sewer on the property. Section 15.03.170 provides that "Whenever any private wastewater system connected with the City's wastewater system becomes obstructed, broken, or in need of repair, the owner shall make all repairs within five (5) days after notification".

What else is worth knowing

The dividing point is the property line. Section 15.03.140 provides that the City's wastewater department "shall not be responsible for servicing private systems connected to the wastewater system, except as provided in this chapter." If the owner does not make repairs after notice, the City may cut off the water service until the work is done. Work on the sewer system, including repairs and connections, needs a City permit.

Sources

Bremerton Municipal Code section 15.03.080, Service connections (Ord. 5427

Also quoted:

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What the rules say

Most relevant if you are repairing or replacing the pipe

  • Before work on the pipePermit
    Who issues it:
    City of Bremerton
    What it covers:
    projects, alterations, repairs or connections to the utility system, including opening, repairing or replacing it, connecting to it and disconnecting from it

    Bremerton Municipal Code section 15.01.090 provides that "A permit shall be required by the City for all projects, alterations, repairs, or connections to the utility system."

    What to do: Before repairing, replacing or reconnecting a side sewer, ask the City of Bremerton which utility permit the work needs.

    Why this matters

    The City keeps the sewer service connection from the main to the property line, and the owner must repair the private sewer on the property. Opening, altering, repairing or replacing the utility system, or connecting to or disconnecting from it, needs the City's permit first.

    Current wording dates from · Checked

    Bremerton Municipal Code section 15.01.090

What this page cannot tell you

  • 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
Bremerton (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

The nearest city draws the line somewhere else. Each authority publishes only its own rule.

  • Bremerton(this page)
    the property line
  • Seattleabout 18 mi
    the main

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. Both pipes divide in the same place here — the property line.

Who owns the water service line in Bremerton

Nearby cities and further reading

Look up a specific address

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