Who pays for the sewer lateral in Skyway Water and Sewer District, WA
Which part of the pipe is yours
Yours all the way to the main under the road
Why, and what to do
If something’s wrong
If a repair needs a permit or an inspection
- Who issues it:
- Skyway Water and Sewer District - a Side Sewer Permit
- What it covers:
- extending, repairing, replacing or connecting to a public, private or side sewer within the property lines
Skyway Water and Sewer District's Side Sewer Regulations provide: "No person shall extend, repair, replace or make connections to a public, private or side sewer within the property lines without first obtaining a permit from the District, calling for utility locates, and requesting proper inspection of the work by the District."
Buying or selling?
No rule on file here is specific to selling or buying; that does not mean none exists.
Planning work?
The remodelling rule in full, with its sourcesWho to call first about the sewer lateral
Skyway Water and Sewer District: official site(opens in a new tab)The documents this answer is built on
Who is responsible for which part
Inside Skyway Water and Sewer District the property owner maintains the whole sewer service line, from the sewer main to the building. Section 2.01 of the District's Side Sewer Regulations provides that "The limit of responsibility of the District shall be maintenance of the public sewer. Side sewers shall be maintained by the Property Owners served."
- The property owner
- The side sewer and the sewer service stub. Section 1.24 defines the stub as the part of the sewer service line that "extends from a sewer main to a right-of-way line, property line or easement line" and provides that "Sewer service stubs shall be owned and maintained by the Property Owner." Section 1.25 provides that "The side sewer shall be owned and maintained by the Property Owner."
What else is worth knowing
Sources
Skyway Water and Sewer District, 2011 Side Sewer Regulations (October 2011)What the rules say
Most relevant if you are remodelling or adding a unit
- Who issues it:
- Skyway Water and Sewer District - a Side Sewer Permit
- What it covers:
- extending, repairing, replacing or connecting to a public, private or side sewer within the property lines
Skyway Water and Sewer District's Side Sewer Regulations provide: "No person shall extend, repair, replace or make connections to a public, private or side sewer within the property lines without first obtaining a permit from the District, calling for utility locates, and requesting proper inspection of the work by the District."
What to do: Before repairing or replacing a side sewer, apply to Skyway Water and Sewer District for a Side Sewer Permit, call for utility locates and ask the District to inspect the work. Work in a public right-of-way also needs a right-of-way permit, which the District will use reasonable efforts to obtain for the owner at the owner's expense.
Skyway Water and Sewer District, 2011 Side Sewer RegulationsWhy this matters
The owner maintains the whole side sewer, including the stub from the main. A District Side Sewer Permit and a District inspection are needed before extending, repairing or replacing it.
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 Skyway Water and Sewer 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
- Skyway Water and Sewer District (special district)
- Sewer service
- No separate map of sewer providers is held here. This page gives Skyway Water and Sewer 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.
How this compares to neighbouring districts
2 of the 4 nearest districts draw the line somewhere else. Each authority publishes only its own rule.
Look up a specific address
This page describes what applies to properties in Skyway Water and Sewer District in general. To see which authorities serve one address, and what records exist for it, search for it.
Search for an address