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Who pays for the sewer lateral in Centralia, WA

Which part of the pipe is yours

your buildingproperty linesidewalkstreetmain
The thick length is yours.

If something’s wrong

If a repair needs a permit or an inspection

  • Before work on the pipe · Permit

    Who issues it:
    City of Centralia - community development department
    What it covers:
    uncovering, connecting to, altering or disturbing a public sewer, and constructing a side sewer on private property or in public rights-of-way

    Centralia Municipal Code section 15.10.130(A) provides that "No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof, or engage in the construction of a side sewer, either on private property or within public rights-of-way, without first obtaining a written side sewer permit from the city community development department."

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 Centralia about the sewer lateral.

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

Who is responsible for which part

In Centralia the owner bears the cost of the whole side sewer, which runs from the building drain to the public sewer. Section 15.10.110(A) of the Centralia Municipal Code provides that "All costs and expenses related to the installation and connection, operation and maintenance, and replacement of the side sewer, including backflow devices, where required, shall be borne by the owner."

The property owner
The side sewer, which section 15.10.020 defines as the piping that "extends from the end of the building drain" and conveys its discharge "to a public sewer, private sewer or individual sewage disposal system".

What else is worth knowing

The dividing point is the public sewer. Repairs to a side sewer must be made within thirty days of notice to the owner; in an emergency, or if the owner cannot be found or does not act, the City may make the repairs and bill the owner. These sections govern property on the City's sewer; check the name on your sewer bill if you are not sure the City serves you.

Sources

Centralia Municipal Code section 15.10.110

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 Centralia - community development department
    What it covers:
    uncovering, connecting to, altering or disturbing a public sewer, and constructing a side sewer on private property or in public rights-of-way

    Centralia Municipal Code section 15.10.130(A) provides that "No person shall uncover, make any connections with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sewer or appurtenance thereof, or engage in the construction of a side sewer, either on private property or within public rights-of-way, without first obtaining a written side sewer permit from the city community development department."

    What to do: Before altering, repairing or replacing a side sewer, get a written side sewer permit from the City of Centralia's community development department; work in the public right-of-way also needs a right-of-way permit first.

    Why this matters

    The owner bears the operation, maintenance and replacement of the whole side sewer, so work on it is the owner's, and section 15.10.140 lists a permit class for alteration or repair of an existing connection or complete replacement of a side sewer.

    Current wording dates from · Checked

    Centralia Municipal Code section 15.10.130, Permit requirements (Ord. 2051

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
Centralia (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

2 of the 4 nearest cities draw the line somewhere else. Each authority publishes only its own rule.

  • Centralia(this page)
    the main
  • Olympiaabout 22 mi
    the property line (conditions apply; see that page)
  • DuPontabout 31 mi
    the main
  • Sheltonabout 35 mi
    the main
  • Kelsoabout 42 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 main; your water line stops being yours at the meter.

Who owns the water service line in Centralia

Nearby cities and further reading

Look up a specific address

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