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Who owns the water service line in Ridgefield, 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 Ridgefield about the water service line.

The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

In Ridgefield the City owns and maintains the public water system up to and including the water meter, and the property owner owns and maintains the customer service line from the meter. Section 13.45.010(B) of the Ridgefield Municipal Code provides that "The property owner shall own and be responsible for the installation, maintenance and operation of the customer service line, including the piping from the water meter to the property owner's system or premises." This is Ridgefield's own statement.

Ridgefield
The service connections and other parts of the public water system within the public rights-of-way and easements, up to and including the water meter. Section 13.45.010(A) provides that "The department shall own and be responsible for the installation, maintenance and operation of the public water system within the public rights-of-way and easements to include all water mains, valves, fittings, hydrants, service connections and other appurtenances up to and including the water meter."
The property owner
The customer service line, including the piping from the water meter to the premises.

What else is worth knowing

The dividing point is the water meter. About 88% of Ridgefield'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; Clark Public Utilities serves about 12% under its own rules. Check the name on your water bill.

Sources

Ridgefield Municipal Code section 13.45.010, Ownership

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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.

Ridgefield: 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 Ridgefield'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.
Ridgefield: 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 Ridgefield, WA

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

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