# Water Service Line in San Antonio, TX: Who Pays? | Who Pays the Repair?

> In San Antonio the water service line splits at the meter: SAWS owns main-to-meter, the owner owns meter-to-building. Cited to SAWS.

**Who pays:** shared

San Antonio: split at the meter, SAWS owns main-to-meter, and the owner owns "the customer-owned service line from the water meter to the building."

**Boundary:** Split at the meter. SAWS owns the water lateral from the main to the meter; the customer owns the service line from the meter to the building.

**Property owner:** SAWS: the service line includes "the customer-owned service line from the water meter to the building."

**City / agency:** SAWS owns the water lateral from the water main to the water meter.

## Sources
- [Service line inventory](https://www.saws.org/lead/service-line-inventory/) — "This includes both the SAWS-owned water lateral from the water main to the water meter as well as the customer-owned service line from the water meter to the building." (accessed 2026-09-10)
- [San Antonio Water System](https://www.saws.org/) (accessed 2026-09-10)

_Last verified 2026-09-10. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/san-antonio-tx-water-service-line/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._