# Sewer Lateral in Miami, FL: Who Pays? | Who Pays the Repair?

> Miami sewer lateral: the customer is responsible from the sewer main to the house under WASD Implementing Order 10-8 §3.02(3).

**Who pays:** owner

Miami-Dade: the customer owns the sewer lateral all the way to the main (Implementing Order 10-8 §3.02(3)). A break under the street is still yours.

**Boundary:** Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) Implementing Order 10-8 §3.02(3): the customer is responsible for the installation and connection from the sewer main to the facilities on the customer's property. The lateral, all the way to the main, is the customer's.

**Property owner:** Miami-Dade County: "the customer shall be responsible for the installation and connection from the sewer main to the facilities within the customer's property." (Implementing Order 10-8, Rules and Regulations of the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department, section 3.02(3))

**City / agency:** WASD maintains the public sewer main. WASD provides sewer lateral location information on request.

## Sources
- [Miami-Dade County: Utilities Information Request (Implementing Order 10-8 §3.02(3), customer responsible from the sewer main)](https://www.miamidade.gov/global/service.page?Mduid_service=ser1643933523502788) — "the customer shall be responsible for the installation and connection from the sewer main to the facilities within the customer's property." (accessed 2026-09-27)
- [Miami, FL Sewer Lateral source candidate](https://miamidade.gov/water)

_Last verified 2026-08-28. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/miami-fl-sewer-lateral/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._