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Who pays for the sewer lateral in Clark Regional Wastewater District, WA

Which part of the pipe is yours

  • Sewer lateral

    Yours all the way to the main under the road — 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:
    Clark Regional Wastewater District - a building sewer permit from the District
    What it covers:
    opening the public sewer, connecting a building sewer to it, extending, repairing or replacing a building sewer, and removing or replacing a building served by one

    Clark Regional Wastewater District Code section 5.24.020 provides that "A property owner shall obtain a building sewer permit from the district before undertaking any of the following", including connecting a building sewer to the public sewer and extending, repairing or replacing a building sewer.

The repair rule in full, with its sources

Buying or selling?

No rule on file here is specific to selling or buying; that does not mean none exists.

Who to call first about the sewer lateral

BelowGrid has no first-call guidance on file from Clark Regional Wastewater District about the sewer lateral.

Clark Regional Wastewater District: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

Inside Clark Regional Wastewater District the property owner maintains the building sewer, the pipe that runs from the building drain to the public sewer. Section 5.24.180 of the District's Code provides that "Building sewers, unless provided otherwise by district resolution or determination by the engineer, shall be maintained by the property owner."

The property owner
The building sewer (also called the side sewer or lateral), which the District's Code defines as the extension from the building drain to the public sewer, beginning two feet outside the foundation wall. The District's own guidance tells customers: "While your sewer lateral is your responsibility, the District can provide helpful direction and advice on correcting the problem."

What decides which applies

The owner's part runs to the public sewer; the Code does not say who keeps the fitting where the building sewer joins it. The owner's duty applies "unless provided otherwise by district resolution or determination by the engineer", so a District resolution or an engineer's determination can change it for a property. When the District must have a building sewer maintained or repaired to protect the public sewer or public health, section 5.24.150 has the engineer send the owner a notice to maintain or repair; if the owner does not, the District may do the work and invoice the owner. This answer applies where Clark Regional Wastewater District is your sewer utility; check the name on your sewer bill.

Sources

Clark Regional Wastewater District Code section 5.24.180

Also quoted:

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What is required

  • Before work on the pipePermit
    Who issues it:
    Clark Regional Wastewater District - a building sewer permit from the District
    What it covers:
    opening the public sewer, connecting a building sewer to it, extending, repairing or replacing a building sewer, and removing or replacing a building served by one

    Clark Regional Wastewater District Code section 5.24.020 provides that "A property owner shall obtain a building sewer permit from the district before undertaking any of the following", including connecting a building sewer to the public sewer and extending, repairing or replacing a building sewer.

    What to do: Before repairing, replacing or extending a building sewer, or removing a building it serves, get a building sewer permit from Clark Regional Wastewater District.

    Why this matters

    The owner maintains the building sewer all the way to the public sewer. A District building sewer permit is needed before repairing or replacing it, and work that does not follow the District's plans and specifications must be corrected within the time the engineer sets.

    Current wording dates from · Checked

    Clark Regional Wastewater District Code section 5.24.020

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What this page cannot tell you

  • No assistance or grant programme has been reviewed for this jurisdiction yet.
  • BelowGrid holds no separate map of sewer providers here. This page gives Clark Regional Wastewater District's own answer, for the area inside the boundary BelowGrid holds for it; look up an address to see whose answer applies there.

Who governs and serves this area

Jurisdiction
Clark Regional Wastewater District (special district)
Sewer service
No separate map of sewer providers is held here. This page gives Clark Regional Wastewater District’s own answer, for the area inside the boundary BelowGrid holds for it. Look up an address to see whose answer applies there, or check the name on your sewer bill.

Look up a specific address

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

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