Converse, TX Water Use Rules: Leak Reporting Duty (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Sec. 46-108(d), City Code
- Responsible party
- Customer, meter to structure
- Billing rule
- Charged even for leaked water
- Main-to-meter repairs
- City crews only (Sec. 46-108(h))
- Nonpayment consequence
- Water shutoff under Sec. 46-108(p)
Summary
In Converse, water customers must maintain the plumbing from the meter to their home or business, and the city bills for every gallon that passes through the meter even if it was lost to a leak.
Each water customer is responsible for maintaining the plumbing from the meter throughout the business or residence. All water that passes through the meter shall be charged for, whether used or lost to leaks.
(e) Each consumer of water living in or maintaining separate house, business establishment, complete apartment or trailer house shall have a separate meter. If any question shall arise as to whether any connection in question is to a separate house, business establishment, complete apartment or trailer house as provided in this paragraph, such determination shall be made by the city manager. The city manager is authorized to grant exceptions for apartments and mobile homes where utilities are furnished and paid by the apartment or mobile home management.
(f) All service lines from the discharge side of the meter shall be provided with stop and waste cock inside the property line, and such service lines shall be installed at such depth and in such fashion to properly drain all pipes above ground. No plumber or any other person, except authorized employees of the city water works, shall turn on or off water from the stop cock in the meter box without a written permit first being obtained from the water department.
(g) Customers requesting the city to turn-off or turn-on water service shall be charged for such city services as follows:
(1) No charge for first combined turn-off and turn-on service requested during normal business hours.
(2)
Full Breakdown
Under Sec. 46-108(d) of the Code of Ordinances, city water works sets and reads meters, but responsibility for plumbing beyond the meter belongs to the customer. If a pipe leaks on the customer's side, the meter still registers the loss, and the water is billed exactly as if it were used: there is no automatic leak adjustment. Sec. 46-108(h) backs this up by making it unlawful for anyone except city water works employees or their contractor to repair or renew service pipes between the main and the meter, so utility-side repairs stay strictly the city's job while everything past the meter is the property owner's responsibility to catch and fix.
Violations & Fines
No fine is written into the section itself, but unpaid balances run up by an unrepaired leak trigger water shutoff under Sec. 46-108(p) until paid in full or a city-manager-approved payment plan is in place.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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