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Who owns the water service line in Snoqualmie, WA

Which part of the pipe is yours

your buildingproperty linesidewalkstreetmain
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 Snoqualmie about the water service line.

The documents this answer is built on

Who is responsible for which part

In Snoqualmie the City maintains the water system in the public right-of-way and from the right-of-way to the meter connection; the owner maintains the lines from the meter outlet to the building. Section 13.12.070 of the Snoqualmie Municipal Code provides that "Each property owner shall be responsible to maintain all water lines and appurtenances from the meter outlet to the property owner's building or water outlet." This is Snoqualmie's own statement.

Snoqualmie
The water system and its appurtenances in the public right-of-way and from the right-of-way to the meter connection. Section 13.12.070 provides that "The city shall be responsible to maintain, within its financial ability to do so, the municipal water supply system and all appurtenances thereto located within the public right-of-way, and from the public right-of-way to the meter connection."
The property owner
All water lines and appurtenances from the meter outlet to the building or water outlet.

What else is worth knowing

The dividing point is the meter outlet. The City's duty is stated as "within its financial ability to do so". About 96% of Snoqualmie'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; Fall City Water District serves about 4% under its own rules. Check the name on your water bill.

Sources

Snoqualmie Municipal Code section 13.12.070

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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.

Snoqualmie: 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 Snoqualmie'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.
Snoqualmie: official site

Your other pipe: the sewer lateral

For the sewer lateral, Snoqualmie gives the opposite answer to the one above:

In Snoqualmie the City maintains the public sewer and the property owner is responsible for repairs to the side sewer, which runs to the public sewer. Section 13.04.060(C) of the Snoqualmie Municipal Code provides that "The limit of responsibility of the city shall be maintenance of the public sewer."

Your sewer lateral is yours to the main; your water line stops being yours at the meter.

Same trench, separate authorities, decided separately.

Who pays for the sewer lateral in Snoqualmie, WA

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