Kirkland, WA Water Use Rules: Leak Reporting Duty (2026)

030 places an affirmative duty on every water customer: eliminate waste of the water supply by repairing, or causing to be repaired, any defective or leaking pipe or plumbing fixture on their side of the service line. 070, which fixes maintenance responsibility for the service pipe running from the meter to the premises on the property owner, including the full distance from meter to point of use when the meter sits far from the main. Practically, a leaking fixture or pipe past the meter is the customer's repair obligation, not the Department of Public Works'.

The same section bars using more water for irrigation or other uses than is reasonably necessary, tying leak repair and wasteful use together as a single water-waste standard. 047 to city police officers and to the director or any employee of the public works, fire, and planning and building departments. 020 confirms the city makes no commitments on volume or pressure and is not liable for resulting damages, reinforcing that the repair burden sits with the customer. There is no stated grace period or notice-before-billing mechanism specific to leak repair itself; the duty is continuous from the moment a defect exists.