# Sewer Lateral in Cleveland, OH: Who Pays? | Who Pays the Repair?

> In Cleveland the owner maintains and repairs the sewer lateral from the house to the curb. The City handles the curb-to-main segment under the street.

**Who pays:** owner

Cleveland: your lateral is yours from the house to the curb. The city takes it from the curb to the main.

**Boundary:** Property owners are responsible for sewer issues on their property and out to the curb; Cleveland Water Pollution Control handles the curb to the main in the street.

**Property owner:** Cleveland WPC: "Property owners are responsible for any sewer issues on their property and from their property to the curb."

**City / agency:** Cleveland WPC: "Water Pollution Control is responsible for sewer-related issues from the curb to the main sewer, which typically runs down the center of a street."

## Sources
- [FAQs - Who is responsible for correcting sewer-related problems?](https://www.clevelandwpc.com/faqs) — "Property owners are responsible for any sewer issues on their property and from their property to the curb." (accessed 2026-09-27)
- [FAQs - Who is responsible for correcting sewer-related problems?](https://www.clevelandwpc.com/faqs) — "Water Pollution Control is responsible for sewer-related issues from the curb to the main sewer, which typically runs down the center of a street." (accessed 2026-09-27)

_Last verified 2026-09-27. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/cleveland-oh-sewer-lateral/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._