The main water line is the pipe that runs underground from your water meter to your house and carries every drop of water you use. You need it repaired when it leaks, breaks or has corroded enough to cut your pressure, and replaced when it keeps failing. Our crew does that work all over San Diego County, the Temecula Valley and the Inland Empire, with a flat, written price before anyone picks up a shovel.
Here is the part that confuses many homeowners: you own that line. The water district owns the meter and everything on the street side of it. From the meter to the house, the pipe is yours, so a leak there is yours to repair, and a leak on the street side is the district's.
The exact dividing point varies a little by district, usually at the meter or at the customer shutoff valve right beside it. The section below spells out what each district we work with says.
Flat, written price before work starts.