Who owns the water service line in Longview, WA
Which part of the pipe is yours
Yours from the meter to your building
Why, and what to do
If something’s wrong
Who to call first about the water service line
Who is responsible for which part
Longview owns the meter, meter box, valves and service line from the main up to and including the meter; the line from the meter to the house is the owner's. Section 15.60.010(3) of the Longview Municipal Code provides that "All meters, meter boxes, valves, and service lines from the main to and including the meter shall be and remain the property of the city." This is Longview's own statement.
- Longview
- Title to the service line from the main up to and including the meter. Section 15.60.040(3) provides that "In no case shall the city be required to maintain or repair any portion of the service connection at any greater distance from the water main than the meter."
- The property owner
- The water service line from the meter to the house. Section 15.60.010(4) provides that "Water service lines from the meter to the house, including backflow devices if installed, shall be the property of the property owner."
What else is worth knowing
Sources
Longview Municipal Code section 15.60.010, Water service required (Ord. 3533What 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.
Longview: official siteWhat 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 Longview'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.
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 Longview, WALook up a specific address
This page describes what applies to properties in Longview in general. To see which authorities serve one address, and what records exist for it, search for it.
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